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Q: Viruses that use reverse transcriptase to cause their host cells to transcribe DNA from an RNA template are called?
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What do you call viruses with the enzyme reverse transcriptase?

Retroviruses are considered a special class of viruses because they transcribe RNA to DNA using reverse transcriptase. HIV uses reverse transcription to synthesize a DNA strand using its RNA genome as a template.


What is thepurpose of using reverse transcriptase?

To make DNA from mRNA


Which enzyme are retroviruses equiped with that allows them to transcribe DNA from an RNA template?

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus. A retrovirus is a RNA virus that replicates through a DNA intermediate. HIV synthesises DNA from RNA by the action of reverse transcriptase enzyme.


What does reverse transcriptase use from DNA?

Reverse transcriptase use mRNA to form DNA. mRNA


What enzyme do viruses use to produce m-RNA?

reverse transcriptase


Which is the enzyme that HIV uses to synthesize DNA on an RNA template?

This is reverse transcriptase. HIV drugs that block this part of the HIV lifecycle are called reverse transcriptase inhibitors.


What protein is found in some viruses?

Reverse transcriptase.


Most RNA viruses carry which enzymes?

reverse transcriptase. With this enzyme, the RNA viruses can make DNA using their RNA as a template.


What is Replication of an RNA virus?

You might be referring to the reverse-transcription that many retroviruses use (a virus with an RNA that turns into DNA). By using the enzyme reverse transcriptase, viruses like HIV can make a DNA from RNA template.


Which is a unique macromolecule present in certain viruses that is a target for antiviral agents a. DNA b. RNA c. reverse transcriptase d. ribosomes?

Reverse transcriptase.


Which enables DNA to be synthesize from RNA?

The reverse transcriptase enzyme is responsible for synthesis of DNA from an RNA template by the process of reverse transcription.


What enzyme is contained in retroviruses?

reverse transcriptase :)