12th Class Biology Biotechnology And Its Applications

  • question_answer 17)
      Choose the correct option regarding retrovirus. (a) a RNA virus that can synthesis DNA during infection (b) a DNA virus that can synthesis RNA during infection (c) assDNA virus (d) adsRNA virus

    Answer:

                      (d) A retrovirus is a single-stranded RNA virus that stores its nucleic acid in the form of mRNA genome (5'cap and 3'poly A tail). In most viruses, DNA is transcribed into RNA, and then RNA is translated into protein .However, in retroviruses their RNA is reverse-transcribed into DNA, which is integrated into the host cell's genome (when it becomes a provirus) and then undergoes the usual transcription and translational process to express the genes carried by the virus,i.e.,  RNA DNA  RNA  Polypeptide.


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