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Here is one of Kaplan micro questions:
Which of the following viruses possess reverse transcriptase activity?
A. Adenoviruses and hepadnaviruses
B. Calciviruses and adenoviruses
C. Hepadnaviruses
D. Hepadnaviruses and retroviruses
E. Retroviruses
I chose E, but the answer is D.
As far as I know, reverse transcriptase is needed for RNA viruse to make DNA form RNA for replication.
Last time I checked Hepadnaviruses are ds DNA virus, so what is going on? Why does a DNA virus need reverse transcriptase?
Many thanks in advance.
Which of the following viruses possess reverse transcriptase activity?
A. Adenoviruses and hepadnaviruses
B. Calciviruses and adenoviruses
C. Hepadnaviruses
D. Hepadnaviruses and retroviruses
E. Retroviruses
I chose E, but the answer is D.
As far as I know, reverse transcriptase is needed for RNA viruse to make DNA form RNA for replication.
Last time I checked Hepadnaviruses are ds DNA virus, so what is going on? Why does a DNA virus need reverse transcriptase?
Many thanks in advance.