An experimental chemical has been shown to selectively cleave phosphodiester bonds.How would this affect a virus?
A)Fragment the genome
B)Digest the capsid
C)Dissociate the envelope
D)Alter the host binding site

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Phosphodiester bonds are the linkages between nucleotides in the backbone of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. Cleaving these bonds would fragment the viral genome.

An Experimental Chemical Has Been Shown to Selectively Cleave Phosphodiester