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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 7. Human Health and Disease

Genome of HIV replicates in the macrophages with the help of an enzyme called

  1. A DNA Polymerase
  2. B RNA Polymerase
  3. C Reverse Transcriptase
  4. D DNA Ligase
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(C) Reverse Transcriptase

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(C) Reverse Transcriptase,
Enzyme reverse transcriptase is used while replication of HIV genome because HIV is a retrovirus which has RNA genome. RNA requires reverse transcriptase for replication.