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  #1

Which of the following enzymes can polymerize deoxyribonucleotides into DNA?
A. Primase
B. DNA ligase
C. DNA gyrase
D. RNA polymerase III
E. Reverse transcriptase

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  #2

is it DNA ligase?

  #3

E. RT synthesizes cDNA using RNA as template.

  #4

E could be the ans.??

  #5

yep, it is E.

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  #6

:? can you explain? ( polymerize?)
Thank you

  #7

Hmm--polymerize means joining the constituent deoxyribonucleotides into a strand of DNA. Reverse transcriptase must be able to do this in order to form cDNA.

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