The HIV enzyme,________________ manufactures a DNA copy of the virus once it is inside a human cell.
A)DNA polymerase
B)helicase
C)forward transcriptase
D)reverse transcriptase

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The HIV enzyme responsible for making a DNA copy of the virus is called reverse transcriptase. It reads the viral RNA genome and creates a complementary DNA strand to allow for integration into the host cell's genome. The other choices listed are enzymes involved in DNA replication but not in the reverse transcription process of HIV.

The HIV Enzyme,________________ Manufactures a DNA Copy of the Virus