The HIV Protease Has Been the Target of Several Anti-HIV

question 36

Multiple Choice

The HIV protease has been the target of several anti-HIV medications called protease inhibitors. This antiviral strategy is possible because protease inhibitors ________.

• A) cause protease to precipitate out of the cell by combining with certain salt solutions
• B) cleave at specific places in viral polypeptides, resulting in the destruction of reverse transcriptase
• C) prevent HIV from generating ATP in the host cell
• D) prevent the formation of active viral proteins

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