Which of the following statements about telomerase is incorrect?

Ais an RNA-protein complex
Bcontains an RNA template
Chas reverse transcriptase activity
Dcatalyzes the extension of the template strand DNA

Correct answer: D. catalyzes the extension of the template strand DNA

Telomerase has reverse transcriptase activity and functions to extend the telomere sequence on the DNA, not directly catalyze the extension of the template strand DNA.

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