Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 27.4, Problem 1TQ
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The following points:
1. The decrease in development of resistance when a host protein is targeted.
2. The mechanism by which the drug could become ineffective against a virus.
Introduction:
Viruses with small genomes depend on their host for various essential functions and encode very few proteins of their own. The interaction of viruses with the host is important for their replication. The process of natural selection has favored viruses that efficiently survive in the host machinery.
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