Micro & Immunology · single question
HIV is a retrovirus because its replication uniquely relies on:
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Correct answer: A. Reverse transcriptase (RNA → DNA)
- A. Correct – retroviruses carry reverse transcriptase to convert their RNA genome into DNA for host-genome integration.
- B. Incorrect – viruses use HOST ribosomes; this is not the retroviral defining feature.
- C. Incorrect – HIV's genome is single-stranded RNA.
- D. Incorrect – the defining enzyme is reverse transcriptase.
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