Poliovirus is an RNA virus that uses host cell ribosomes to synthesize a polyprotein immediately after entering the cell. In order for functional viral proteins to be produced, one would expect to observe the mechanism of:

A. phosphorylation.
B. protein methylation.
C. autoinhibition.
D. ADP-ribosylation.
E. proteolytic cleavage.


E

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