Chapter 13, Problem 11CT

Summary Introduction

To answer:

The advantage of reverse transcriptase enzyme by retrovirus over positive sense single-stranded RNA.

Introduction:

The virus genetic material is composed of either DNA or RNA, but not both. Their genetic material is classified into double-stranded DNA (hepatitis B virus), single-stranded DNA (parvovirus), single-stranded RNA (poliovirus), and double-stranded RNA (rotavirus).