Reverse Transcriptase is -: (A) DNA polymerase, (B) DNA dependant RNA polymerase, (C) RNA dependant DNA polymerase, (D) None
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e. RNA dependent DNA polymerase The Characteristic biochemical feature of retroviruses is the presence of RNA dependent DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase)o Wrhen the virus infects a cell, the viral RNA is transcribed by reverse transcriptase, first into single stranded DNA and then to double stranded DNA