Which of the following most accurately describes the activity of acyclovir?

A) It prevents uncoating by viral particles.
B) It is phosphorylated by a viral enzyme, producing a false nucleotide, which is then incorporated into replicating viral DNA.
C) It prevents the release of newly replicated influenza viral particles from an infected cell.
D) It interferes with the activity of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase.
E) It binds to and inhibits the viral protease enzyme, which cleaves large viral proteins into the smaller proteins needed for viral assembly.