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For the Following List of Anti-HIV Drugs and Their Mechanism

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For the following list of anti-HIV drugs and their mechanism of action. Identify the mismatch.


A) Protease inhibitor - blocks the active site of the protease required for assembling new viral particles
B) Integrase inhibitor - blocks the active site of the enzyme required to splice HIV DNA into the human genome
C) Reverse transcriptase inhibitor - blocks the active site of the enzyme required to convert viral RNA to DNA
D) AZT (azidothymidine) - as an analog of thymidine, it is incorporated into viral RNA in place of thymidine

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