Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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Chapter 16.3, Problem 2R
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The effect of inactivation of protease (enzyme, which cuts the HIV protein) by the drugs on the HIV’s (human immunodeficiency virus) reproductive cycle.

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The HIV usually infects the host cell by integrating its deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA (made by the reverse transcription of its RNA (ribonucleic acid) template followed by its replication) into the host cell. After integration, the viral DNA transcribes and then translates to produce viral proteins that are processed by protease enzymes.

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