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Somatostatin is a hormone that is secreted by the alpha cells of the islet of Langerhans.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Match the class of drugs for HIV treatment to the method by which they act on the virus.
 
  __ Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
  __ Protease inhibitors
  __ Entry inhibitors
  __ Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
 
  A. Blocks the enzyme that cuts the viral protein into segments to form infectious virus particles
  B. Prevents the virus from entering a cell
  C. Interrupts the formation of viral DNA by substituting a nucleoside analog for a normal nucleoside used by the virus to construct DNA
  D. Binds directly to reverse transcriptase and blocks DNA polymerase


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

False

Answer to Question 2

C, A, B, D


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Gracias!

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Wow, this really help

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