In What Way Are HIV and T4 Phage Similar

question 17

Multiple Choice

In what way are HIV and T4 phage similar?

• A) They are both retroviruses.
• B) They both (at least initially)rely on the host RNA polymerase to transcribe their genes.
• C) They both produce capsids.
• D) They are both proviruses.
• E) They can both replicate themselves outside a host cell.

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Definitions:

NaBH4

Sodium borohydride, a reducing agent commonly used in organic synthesis to reduce aldehydes and ketones to alcohols.

Regiochemistry

The branch of chemistry that concerns itself with the location at which atoms are positioned in the product of a chemical reaction.

Transition State

A high-energy state during a chemical reaction through which reactants must pass before becoming products.

Partial Charges

Small electric charges that result from an unequal distribution of electrons in a chemical bond, leading to regions of slight positive and negative charge.