The nurse explains that an enzyme ____________ ____________ allows the RNA of the retrovirus to be changed to DNA and incorporated into the host's genetic material

ANS:


reverse transcriptase

Reverse transcriptase allows the RNA of the retrovirus to be changed to DNA and incorporated into the host's genetic material.

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