Biochemistry
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Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 60RE
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Interpretation:
The sequences of the steps that take place during the synthesis of DNA by the reverse transcriptase enzyme on an RNA template are to be outlined.
Concept introduction:
A reverse transcriptase is an enzyme that synthesizes complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) by the process of reverse transcription.
Reverse transcriptase is an RNA dependent DNA polymerase enzyme, i.e., it uses RNA template to synthesize a DNA strand.
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