Multiple choice

Lassa virus causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever. Its genome is contained in two RNA segments that code for two proteins each. Which of the following proteins that are coded by the larger segment regulates transcription and replication?

  1. Glycoprotein

  2. Reverse transcriptase

  3. Zinc-binding protein

  4. Nucleoprotein
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The large segment encodes a small zinc-binding protein (Z) that regulates transcription and replication.

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