What is the primary use of the antiviral drug acyclovir

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Write about 3 to 4 short sentences max for each ques?ons.

a) During which phase of the growth curve are bacteria most susceptible to antibiotics? Why?

b) Explain why transcription and translation cannot occur simultaneously in eukaryotes but can occur simultaneously in prokaryotes.

c) Referring to the degeneracy of the genetic code, explain why alterations to the first base of a codon usually results in more harmful outcomes as compared to alterations to the third base.

d) What is the primary use of the antiviral drug acyclovir? Using terms already covered in class, describe its mechanism of action.

e) Of the family of viruses we've studied, what type of virus is HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)? Why is this infection so hard to cure?

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