Chemotherapy to inhibit the progression of HIV infection utilizes all of the following mechanisms EXCEPT

A) termination of viral DNA.
B) inhibition of viral proteases.
C) blockage of viral attachment.
D) prohibition of viral integration into host cell DNA.
E) destruction of viral ribosomes.


E

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