The HIV virus that causes AIDS is an RNA retrovirus. A retrovirus _____

A) uses DNA as a template in the process of translation
B) makes proteins directly from RNA
C) used reverse transcriptase to make DNA from RNA
D) a cellular virus that uses ribosomes to reproduce inside a living cell


Answer: C

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