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The enzyme that helps human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to integrate its own DNA into a host cell's genome is
The enzyme that helps human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to integrate its own DNA into a host cell's genome is
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The correct option is E Reverse transcriptase
HIV is RNA retrovirus and synthesizes DNA using their RNA as a template via reverse transcription; a process carried out by reverse transcriptase enzyme. The synthesized DNA, cDNA, is inserted into a host and transcribed into RNA which in turn is translated into polypeptides. DNA polymerase, ligase, primase, and helicase are enzymes of DNA replication. Thus, the correct answer is option E.
HIV is RNA retrovirus and synthesizes DNA using their RNA as a template via reverse transcription; a process carried out by reverse transcriptase enzyme. The synthesized DNA, cDNA, is inserted into a host and transcribed into RNA which in turn is translated into polypeptides. DNA polymerase, ligase, primase, and helicase are enzymes of DNA replication. Thus, the correct answer is option E.
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