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Agriculture · Q447

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 447

Q447

Viruses having Reverse transcriptase enzyme

A.
Retrovirus
Answer
B.
Reo virus
C.
Rabies virus
D.
Rota virus

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Viruses having Reverse transcriptase enzyme is Retroviruses.
The enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) was discovered in retroviruses almost 50 years ago.
A retrovirus is a type of virus that inserts a DNA copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that cell. After invading a host cell's cytoplasm, the virus uses its reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern, thus retro.