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What are host cells?

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Host cells are the cells in which another organisms lives or feeds.
They harbour foreign molecules, viruses or microbes.
Eg- 1) A cell being host to the virus.
2) Bacterial cell acting as a host cell for the DNA isolated from a bacteriophage.

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