Reverse transcriptase

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Reverse Transcriptase is an enzyme which copies single stranded mRNA into duplex cDNA (complementary DNA).

The single strand of mRNA acts as a template which the reverse transcriptase enzyme binds to and from which the cDNA is created from. [1]

Reference
  1. Hartl, DL. and Jones EW.(2009:pg439) Genetics: Analysis Of Genes And Genomes, Seventh Edition, London: Jones and Bartlett