Question 4

(Multiple Choice)

Which of the following describes the fate of the AAV parvovirus genome in the absence of a helper virus?


A) It is degraded.
B) It integrates into a nonspecific location on a human chromosome.
C) It integrates into a specific location on chromosome 19.
D) It is replicated, just more slowly in the absence of the helper virus.
E) It is maintained as an episome in the nucleus of the infected cell.

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