Protease Inhibitors Are Routinely Used in the Treatment of an HIV

question 16

Multiple Choice

Protease inhibitors are routinely used in the treatment of an HIV infection to slow down the progression of the disease.How do these inhibitors work?

• A)They inhibit the process of translation for the production of viral proteins.
• B)They inhibit the process of entry by interacting with the fusion peptide.
• C)They block the attachment process by interacting with the viral attachment protein.
• D)They inhibit the proteolytic modification of the viral capsid to form an infectious virion.
• E)They inhibit the activity of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase.

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