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.
Pacific Ocean. The Pacific is the largest of these oceans, covering 63,784,077 sq miles (165,200,000 kmÂ²). It fills the area between the western coastline of the Americas, the eastern coastlines of Asia and Africa, and is capped to the North and South by the Arctic and Antarctic regions.