Reverse Transcriptase, the Enzyme Responsible for Copying Viral RNA into CDNA

question 17

Essay

Reverse transcriptase, the enzyme responsible for copying viral RNA into cDNA prior to integration into the host genome, lacks 3'-to-5' exonuclease "proofreading" ability. This may seem like a disadvantage to organisms that depend on such enzymes, but in fact they turn it to their advantage. How is this so?

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