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Which of the following is not a DNA tumor virus?(a) SV40(b) HIV(c) Adenovirus(d) Polyoma virusThis question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.This interesting question is from Cancer topic in portion Cancer of Cell Biology

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The correct answer is (b) HIV

Explanation: The VIRUSES that can infect mammalian cells growing in culture and transform them into cancer cells, are divided into two categories – DNA viruses and RNA viruses, depending on the type of nucleic acid FOUND within the mature viral PARTICLE. Human immunodeficiency VIRUS (HIV) has a structure similar to RNA viruses.



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