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OpenStudy (anonymous):

in retroviruses, the pol gene product is a

OpenStudy (anonymous):

RNA-dependent DNA polymerase. Also has two more activities - consider that it is the enzyme that converts the RNA genome packaged in the virus particle to double-stranded DNA.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

By the way, an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase is also called a reverse transcriptase. You may be more familiar with that term.

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