Question

The enzyme reverse transcriptase was discovered by

A. Arber and Smith

B. Jackson, Symons, and Berg

C. Boyer and Cohen

D. Temin and Baltimore

Answer 1

The correct answer is D. Temin and Baltimore. The enzyme reverse transcriptase was discovered independently by David Baltimore and Howard Temin in the early 1970s. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 for their groundbreaking work on the discovery and understanding of reverse transcriptase, which plays a crucial role in the replication of retroviruses and the conversion of RNA into DNA.