Reverse Transcsriptase is Needed Forــــــــــــــــــ

Question

Reverse transcsriptase is needed forــــــــــــــــــ .
A)the movement of retrotransposons
B)the integration of RNA transposons
C)the transcription of RNA transposons
D)the excision of retrotransposons

Accepted Answer

Reverse transcriptase is an enzyme that converts RNA into DNA. This process is essential for the movement of retrotransposons, which are transposable elements that use reverse transcriptase to transpose themselves to new locations within the genome. Retrotransposons are a major component of eukaryotic genomes and can have significant effects on gene expression, genome structure, and evolution. Reverse transcriptase is not required for the integration or transcription of RNA transposons, nor for the excision of retrotransposons.