Which of the following statements is not true for retroviruses?

Question

Which of the following statements is not true for retroviruses? (A) DNA is not present at any stage in the life cycle of retroviruses (B) Retroviruses carry gene for RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (C) The genetic material in mature retroviruses is RNA (D) Retroviruses are causative agents for certain kinds of cancer in man.

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Retroviruses have RNA as the genetic material and hence they exhibit reverse transcription whereby DNA is synthesized on RNA template. They have reverse transcriptase as the enzyme.

Q. Which of the following statements is not true for retroviruses?

DNA is not present at any stage in the life cycle of retroviruses

Retroviruses carry gene for RNA-dependent DNA polymerase

The genetic material in mature retroviruses is RNA

Retroviruses are causative agents for certain kinds of cancer in man.

Retroviruses have RNA as the genetic material and hence they exhibit reverse transcription whereby DNA is synthesized on RNA template. They have reverse transcriptase as the enzyme.