Exam 1 set 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of genetic material is carried inside the HIV capsid?
A
RNA
2
Q
How does AZT inhibit replication?
A
It blocks reverse transcriptate
3
Q
What does the molecule inhibited by AZT normally do?
A
It copies viral RNA into DNA
4
Q
Many patients who have had AIDS have HIV genetic information in their chromosomes. Explain very briefly how it gets there.
A
HIV viral DNA is integrated into chromosomes by integrase
