RNA viruses can use their RNA to produce DNA because they carry __________ enzymes.
A)reverse transcriptase
B)restriction
C)endonuclease
D)polymerase
E)ligase

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Reverse transcriptase is the enzyme that RNA viruses carry, which is capable of using their RNA genome as a template to produce a complementary DNA strand. This process is called reverse transcription and is unique to RNA viruses, as most other organisms replicate DNA to RNA through transcription.

RNA Viruses Can Use Their RNA to Produce DNA Because