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  • Q:

    Both Group VI and VII viruses are retroviruses. Group VI is characterized by ssRNA as the genome, while Group VII is characterized by dsDNA as the genome. As retroviruses, both Groups code for reverse transcriptase. The reverse transcriptase in both Groups used for which of the following purposes?

     

    A

    transcription of genomic RNA from mRNA

    B

    transcription of DNA from RNA

    C

    transcription of mRNA from genomic RNA

    D

    transcription of mRNA from DNA



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