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Lidovudine AZT is a drug used to treat patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Al he reverse transcriptase enzyme used by the human immunodeficiency virus HIV the causative agent of AIDS What type of transposable elements would be affected by AZT and what would be the most likely effect Transposable elements that use an RNA intermediate for transposition would be affected as the RNA intermediate would not be able to be converted into DNA Transposable elements that transpose through a copy and paste mechanism would be blocked at the replication step All types of retrotransposons would be blocked at the reverse transcription step LTR retrotransposons only would be blocked at the reverse transcription step All transposable elements would be affected as they would no longer be able to transpose to a new location

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