One of the First Proteins Produced During the Infection Cycle

question 7

Multiple Choice

One of the first proteins produced during the infection cycle of bacteriophage T7 inhibits the cellular enzymes EcoB and EcoK.Why is this important for the phage?

• A) This prevents transcription of the cellular genes.
• B) This allows transcription of the viral genes.
• C) This prevents the viral proteins from being degraded.
• D) This prevents the viral genome from being degraded.
• E) This shuts down host cell genome replication.

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