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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