Which of the following characteristics best support using yeast cells instead of bacterial cells to express mammalian proteins via cloning?
A) They easily form colonies.
B) They can grow on solid or liquid media.
C) They do not have plasmids.
D) They are eukaryotic cells.

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Yeast cells are eukaryotic, which means they share more cellular and molecular processes with mammalian cells, such as post-translational modifications of proteins, making them more suitable for expressing mammalian proteins than bacterial cells, which are prokaryotic.

Which of the Following Characteristics Best Support Using Yeast Cells