Can Reverse Transcriptase Degrade DNA?
Can Reverse Transcriptase Degrade DNA? Reverse Transcriptase (RT) is essential for HIV replication because the viral RNA genome on its own is highly susceptible to degradation by intracellular RNases. RT rapidly makes a much more nuclease-resistant double-stranded DNA copy of the RNA template that later integrates to form the proviral DNA. What does reverse transcriptase