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Suppose you are a scientist trying to help people who cannot produce an enzyme needed for proper digestion. How could you use genetic engineering techniques to make transformed bacteria that produce the enzyme?

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Use a transcription enzyme to cut a bacterial plasmid.
Insert the desired gene.
Place the plasmids into a colony of bacteria in hopes that some of them may absorb the plasmid.
Some bacteria will begin producing the target enzyme.
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