Chapter 9.4, Problem 8CC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The enzymes which is used by a retrovirus to make a DNA copy of its genome.

Introduction:

Viral genomes may be encoded in either DNA or RNA and may be double stranded or single stranded. Example: adenoviruses. All viruses that infect plants have RNA genomes. RNA is also forms the genetic material of some human virus. RNA viruses which are capable of integrating into the genomes of their hosts, as the temperate phages insert themselves into bacterial chromosomes are called retroviruses