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Q: What is the function of reverse transcriptase?
- 1synthesis of RNA from proteinfalse
- 2synthesis of DNA from an RNA templatetrue
- 3synthesis of protein from DNAfalse
- 4synthesis of DNA from proteinfalse
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Answer : 2. "synthesis of DNA from an RNA template"
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Answer: B) synthesis of DNA from an RNA template Explanation: A reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template by a process called Reverse Transcription. In brief its function is that copies all or part of the virus RNA (retroviruses are RNA-only) as DNA which can then be integrated into the DNA of the host organism.