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A 22-year-old man with HIV infection has an eye infection due to herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) that is resistant to acyclovir. Development of acyclovir resistance is most likely due to a mutation of which of the following genes of HSV-1?

A) Glycoprotein C
B) Major capsid protein
C) Ribonucleotide reductase
D) Thymidine kinase
E) Uracil DNA glycosylase


  #2

D

  #3

d


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D - it shud be activated by triphosphorylation : 1 by viral kinase, 2 by host kinase.

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