How does cleavage of the host cell protein eIF-4G give the virus a competitive advantage?
A) It releases translation factors that the virus needs.
B) It inhibits a cellular nuclease that would degrade the viral genome.
C) It prevents translation of host cell mRNAs but not viral genomes.
D) It inhibits host cell defense mechanisms.
E) It releases nucleotides to be used in viral genome replication.
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