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Why cannot $D N A$ pass through the cell membarne of a host cell?

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Actually hydrophobic molecules can diffuse through the lipid bilayer of the plasma membrane and not hydrophilic molecules. DNA being hydrophilic with the sugar-phosphate backbone, can not pass through the cell membrane.

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