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Agriculture · Q293

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 293

Q293

Reverse transcription is also known as

A.
Teminism
Answer
B.
Temin
C.
Translation
D.
All of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Reverse transcription is also known as Teminism. It was discovered by Temin and Baltimore in 1978.
It is the process in cells by which an enzyme makes a copy of DNA from RNA. The enzyme that makes the DNA copy is called reverse transcriptase and is found in retroviruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus.