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State whether true or false:
Antiretroviral drugs block the HIV-RT enzyme.
Antiretroviral drugs block the HIV-RT enzyme.
Answer: Option A
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A
AIDS (AcquiredImmuno Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV. This virus selectively infects and kills the T-lymphocytes.The first step post infection is the reverse transcription of RNA into DNA so that this r-DNA can get inserted into the human genome. This is brought about by a viral enzyme, known as HIV-RT, in which RT stands for reverse transcriptase. There is a class of drugs called Antiretroviral drugs (ARV) which are essentially inhibitors of this enzyme.
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AIDS (AcquiredImmuno Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV. This virus selectively infects and kills the T-lymphocytes.The first step post infection is the reverse transcription of RNA into DNA so that this r-DNA can get inserted into the human genome. This is brought about by a viral enzyme, known as HIV-RT, in which RT stands for reverse transcriptase. There is a class of drugs called Antiretroviral drugs (ARV) which are essentially inhibitors of this enzyme.
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