Which one of the following makes use of RNA template to synthesize DNA?

Which one of the following makes use of RNA template to synthesize DNA?
  1. DNA polymerase
  2. RNA polymerase
  3. reverse transcriptase
  4. DNA dependant RNA polymerase.

Solution

Reverse transcriptase use an RNA template and a short primer complementary to the $3^{\prime}$ end of the RNA to direct the synthesis of the first strand cDNA.

Asked in: NEET 2005

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