Confidence votes 6. Reverse transcriptase is the viral enzyme responsible for making a DNA copy of the RNA genome from a retrovirus. As such, it is technically known as an RNA-dependent DNA polymerase.
Pacific Rim. DEFINITION of 'Pacific Rim'. The Pacific Rim is a geographic area surrounding the edges of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim covers the western shores of North America and South America, in addition to Australia, eastern Asia and the islands of the Pacific.
Updated March 03, 2017. The Pacific Ocean is one of the world's five oceans. It is the largest with an area of 60.06 million square miles (155.557 million square kilometers) and it stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south.