Which of these strategies does phage T7 use to ensure successful infection and replication within a host?

a. using host RNA polymerase to transcribe early proteins and then subsequently inhibiting host RNA polymerase activity
b. rapidly synthesizing an anti-restriction protein before the entire T7 genome has entered the cell
c. processing DNA concatemers using a head-full mechanism
d. both a and b


Answer: D

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