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Question : Choose the correct option regarding retrovirus

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An RNA virus that can SYNTHESISE DNA during infection
A DNA virus that can synthesise RNA during infection
A SSDNA virus
A dsRNA virus

Solution :A retrovirus is an ss RNA virus that STORED its nucleic acid in the form of a mRNA genome and targets a host CELL as an obligate parasite. One inside the host cell cytoplasm the virus uses its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome (the reverse of usual pattern, thus retro).


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