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Reverse transcriptase is...

Reverse transcriptase is

A

RNA dependent RNA polymerase

B

RNA dependent DNA polymerase

C

DNA dependent DNA polymerase

D

DNA dependent RNA polymerase

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B
Reverse transcriptase is RNA dependent DNA polymerase. A DNA polymerase enzyme that makes use of RNA molecule as a template for the synthesis of complementary DNA strand.
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