Multiple choice

What is the role of reverse transcriptase in eukaryotic cell?

  1. DNA repair

  2. Transcription

  3. Gene regulation

  4. DNA replication

  5. Translation
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Explanation

It is also known as RNA dependent DNA polymerase. It is a DNA polymerase that transcribes single stranded RNA into single stranded DNA. It is also a DNA dependent DNA polymerase, which synthesizes a second strand of DNA complementary to the c-DNA. In eukaryotic cell, telomerase is an example of reverse transcriptase.

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