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What is the function of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses?
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What is the function of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses?

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replicate RNA back to DNA
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Reverse transcriptase is a viral enzyme and its function is to help generate a copy of DNA from a RNA genome of a retrovirus. This process is mostly used by retroviruses.


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