All Are Characteristic of Retroviruses EXCEPT

question 20

Multiple Choice

All are characteristic of retroviruses EXCEPT:

• A) uses viral DNA as a template.
• B) reverse transcriptase is required to produce dsDNA for insertion into host genome
• C) the viral RNA genome is degraded prior to complete synthesis of dsDNA
• D) reverse transcriptase is often error-prone causing viruses to mutate quickly
• E) genome can lie dormant for years as a provirus in the host chromosome.

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