An Emerging Pathogen Has Been Associated with Serious Lower Respiratory

An emerging pathogen has been associated with serious lower respiratory tract disease. Both amprenavir and saquinavir have been demonstrated to be effective in treating the infection. What step in the pathogenesis of the infectious agent is affected by these drugs?

A) Cross-linking of the agent's cell wall
B) Inhibition of the agent's DNA replication
C) Inhibition of the agent's reverse transcriptase
D) Premature release of the agent's mRNA from the translation complex
E) Processing of polyproteins