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Two individuals become infected with HIV at approximately the same time. JT progresses rapidly to full blown AIDS and dies within three years. AY is still asymptomatic after ten years. One possible explanation is that the virus in JT is probably expressing a high amount of acivity of which regulatory gene product?
A) vif
B) vpr
C) tat
D) evn
E) pol

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tat

  #3

good job asmi!!

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why is it tat?

  #5

because tat is the transactivator regulatory gene, which activates transcription of the virus.







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