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What enzyme is used in reverse transcription?


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Reverse transcription:

  1. Reverse transcription is referred to as a phenomenon in which the complementary DNA is formed by the RNA that acts as a template.
  2. This phenomenon is the reverse of transcription.
  3. The enzyme reverse transcriptase catalyzes the reverse transcription reaction which is an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase.
  4. This enzyme is responsible for transcribing DNA from single-stranded RNA.

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