What is true about retroviruses? Group of answer choices They can be incorporated into the genomes of other viruses to form a provirus They insert themselves into the RNA segments of a host cell They use reverse transcriptase to copy viral RNA into viral DNA They are a type of DNA virus
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Which is not correct about retroviruses? They are RNA viruses. b. They are believed to be the source of retrotransposons. c. They encode an enzyme for their insertion into host cell DNA. d. They encode single-stranded viral DNA from viral RNA. e. They encode a reverse transcriptase enzyme for RNA to DNA synthesis.
Retroviruses (a) are DNA viruses (b) are RNA viruses (c) use reverse transcriptase to transcribe DNA into RNA (d) use prion protein to transcribe RNA (e) are DNA viruses that cause AlDS.
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