HIV, the Causative Agent of AIDS, Is a Retrovirus

question 24

Multiple Choice

HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, is a retrovirus. A retrovirus ________.

• A) uses DNA as a template in the process of translation
• B) makes proteins directly from RNA
• C) uses reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA
• D) is a cellular virus that uses ribosomes to reproduce inside a living cell

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