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Ch. 33 - Viruses
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Chapter 32, Problem 2

What does reverse transcriptase do?

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Hello everyone here. We have a question asking which of the following enzymes catalyze the conversion of RNA sequences and two complementary DNA sequences reverse transcript days is the enzyme that catalyze the conversion of RNA sequence into complementary DNA sequences. Reverse transcriptase is that have been identified in many organisms, including viruses, bacteria, animals and plants. So our answer here is c reverse transcriptase. Thank you for watching. Bye!
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