As Part of an Experiment, You Take a Solution of Purified

question 14

Multiple Choice

As part of an experiment, you take a solution of purified influenza virus particles and lower the pH of the solution to 5.5.You then add the virus to a culture of the appropriate host cell.What do you think would happen?

• A) The HA protein would become inactivated and the virus would not be able to enter the host cell.
• B) The viral genome would be degraded and the virus would not be able to start the infection.
• C) The HA protein would be able to bind more tightly to the host cell receptors.
• D) The cell would not be able to take up the virus particles into clatherin coated pits.
• E) The virus particles would not be able to be transported into the nucleus.

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