The Patient Is Hospitalized, and Appropriate Treatment Is Begun

The patient is hospitalized, and appropriate treatment is begun.  After discussing the underlying cause of his condition-immunosuppression due to HIV infection-the patient agrees to take antiretroviral therapy consistently.  One of the medications in his treatment regimen leads to the production of immature, noninfectious virions containing large polyproteins.  Which of the following viral processes is most likely directly inhibited by this agent?

A) Expression of glycoproteins on the virus cell surface
B) Integration of the viral DNA molecule into the host genome
C) Production of functional viral-encoded enzymes
D) Removal of viral template RNA from the RNA-DNA hybrid
E) Translation of virus-encoded regulatory proteins

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