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noun • (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell | ||||||||
| 30% | 10 | Certain retroviruses can cause immunodeficiency syndrome | ||||||
noun • any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell | ||||||||
| 30% | 13 | Enzyme responsible for converting RNA into DNA in retroviruses | ||||||
noun • the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA | ||||||||
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