One of the first proteins produced during the infection cycle of bacteriophage T7 inhibits the cellular enzymes EcoB and EcoK.Why is this important for the phage?

A) This prevents transcription of the cellular genes.
B) This allows transcription of the viral genes.
C) This prevents the viral proteins from being degraded.
D) This prevents the viral genome from being degraded.
E) This shuts down host cell genome replication.