Reverse transcriptase is
A. DNA dependent DNA polymerase
B. DNA dependent RNA polymerase
C. RNA dependent DNA polymerase
D. RNA dependent RNA polymerase
Answer: Option B
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Reverse transcriptase is DNA-dependent RNA polymerase.Reverse transcriptase (RT), also known as RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, is a DNA polymerase enzyme that transcribes single-stranded RNA into DNA.
This enzyme can synthesize a double helix DNA once the RNA has been reverse-transcribed in the first step into a single-strand DNA.

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