In order to examine mRNA transcripts isolated from cells, one needs to convert an RNA template to DNA. Doing this conversion requires which of the following enzymes?

A) reverse transcriptase
B) reverse convertase
C) DNA transcriptase
D) DNA polymerase
E) RNA polymerase


A) reverse transcriptase

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