How Does Azidothymidine (AZT) Fight AIDS

question 28

Multiple Choice

How does azidothymidine (AZT) fight AIDS?

• A)It blocks the virus from entering the cell.
• B)It targets the virus for destruction.
• C)It blocks the enzyme that converts viral RNA to DNA (called reverse transcriptase, or RT).
• D)It blocks the enzyme that assembles all of the RNA proteins into new HIV viruses.

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