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5.Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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Which one of the following makes use of $RNA$ as a template to synthesize $DNA$
A
Reverse transcriptase
B
$DNA$ dependant $RNA$ polymerase
C
$DNA$ polymerase
D
$RNA$ polymerase
(AIPMT-2005)
Solution
(a)Temin and Baltimore reported that formation of $DNA$ on $RNA$ template or $DNA$ is also formed from $RNA$. This is called reverse transcription or Teminism. This reverse transcription occurs under the influence of reverse transcriptase enzyme.
Standard 12
Biology
