AZT Is One Drug Used as an HIV Inhibitor

question 57

Multiple Choice

AZT is one drug used as an HIV inhibitor. How does it specifically inhibit viral replication?

• A) AZT is not taken up by human cells.
• B) AZT binds to human polymerases with lower affinity than to viral reverse transcriptase.
• C) AZT cannot be phosphorylated to a triphosphate.
• D) AZT only inhibits active transcription and not DNA replication.
• E) AZT inhibits viral assembly and packing.

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