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Why do most retroviruses require reverse transcriptase to proliferate?
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Viruses that use reverse transcriptase to cause their host cells to transcribe DNA from an RNA template are called?
Retroviruses
A key enzyme utilized by an RNA virus is what?
Some retroviruses may utilize a special enzyme known as reverse transcriptase, which a RNA virus can use to make DNA using the RNA as a template.
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.
Is influenza a viral infection?
No, influenza is a negatively stranded RNA virus belonging to the orthomxyoviridae family. Retroviruses are also RNA viruses but convert the RNA to DNA once inside the cell, with reverse transcriptase.
What enzyme is contained in retroviruses?
reverse transcriptase :)
Retroviruses such as HIV contains what enzyme that enables DNA to be synthesized from rna?
by using reverse transcriptase to help produce double stranded DNA from viral RNA
Viruses that use reverse transcriptase to cause their host cells to transcribe DNA from an RNA template are called?
Retroviruses
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.
How do retrovirsus produce DNA from and rna blueprint?
Simply by taking the loose nucleotides of DNA in the cell's cytosol and using the enzyme reverse transcriptase to make a DNA from the RNA template. Retroviruses are carrying their own reverse transcriptase to do this very thing.
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.
RNA can manufacture DNA via the action of what?
Reverse transcription is a process where a reverse transcriptase enzyme is used to generate complementary DNA from an RNA template. It is needed for the replication of retroviruses.
What is a virus molecule of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat?
The retroviruses are enveloped viruses that have two complete copies of RNA. They also contain the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
Why are retroviruses considered a special class of viruses?
Retroviruses are composed of ribonucleic acid (RNA) rather than deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In retroviruses, cells replicate through reverse transcription, which creates DNA from RNA. These features make retroviruses particularly malignant and difficult to cure.
What type of virus contains reverse transcriptase and what type of nucleic acid does this virus type contain?
It contains retroviruses, like HIV and it also contains RNA nucleic acids.
What viral rna uses the normal processes of a cell to manufacture?
That's what retroviruses do. They use the host cell's reverse transcriptase enzyme to manufacture DNA from the virus' RNA
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.
