Which of the Following Most Accurately Describes the Activity of Acyclovir

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following most accurately describes the activity of acyclovir?

• A) It prevents uncoating by viral particles.
• B) It is phosphorylated by a viral enzyme, producing a false nucleotide, which is then incorporated into replicating viral DNA.
• C) It prevents the release of newly replicated influenza viral particles from an infected cell.
• D) It interferes with the activity of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase.
• E) It binds to and inhibits the viral protease enzyme, which cleaves large viral proteins into the smaller proteins needed for viral assembly.

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Definitions:

Expected Count

The theoretically predicted number of times an event is anticipated to occur in a statistical experiment based on a specific hypothesis.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the likelihood of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming that these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Fixed Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where rewards are provided after a set period of time, used in behaviour analysis.

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of distinct values or amounts that can be attributed to a statistical distribution.