As part of an experiment, you take a solution of purified influenza virus particles and lower the pH of the solution to 5.5.You then add the virus to a culture of the appropriate host cell.What do you think would happen?

A) The HA protein would become inactivated and the virus would not be able to enter the host cell.
B) The viral genome would be degraded and the virus would not be able to start the infection.
C) The HA protein would be able to bind more tightly to the host cell receptors.
D) The cell would not be able to take up the virus particles into clatherin coated pits.
E) The virus particles would not be able to be transported into the nucleus.