Why Are Nucleoside Analogs Active Only Against Replicating Viruses

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Multiple Choice

Why are nucleoside analogs active only against replicating viruses?

• A)These drugs can only be taken up by cells that are infected by viruses.They are shut out from non-infected cells.This makes them effective only against cells where viruses are replicating.
• B)Each of these drugs is specifically activated by enzymes produced by the viruses.The viruses will only produce these enzymes when they are replicating,so the drugs can only become activated when these processes are occurring.
• C)Nucleoside analogs work by directly inhibiting the activity of nucleic acid polymerases.If the virus isn't actively replicating,there's no DNA/RNA polymerase active for the drug to inhibit,so the drug cannot work.
• D)Nucleoside analogs work by being incorporated into growing strands of DNA/RNA.This indirectly shuts down further extension of these chains.However,new strands of viral DNA/RNA are only being created when the virus is replicating.As such,these drugs can only work when the virus is actively replicating as well.

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