The current therapeutic strategy for patients who have been infected with HIV is a multidrug regimen known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAA). One type of drug used in this therapy is a nucleoside/ nucleotide analog, such as didanosine. Which of the following best describes the mechanism of action of these drugs
They prematurely terminate the DNA synthesized by reverse transcriptase. They prevent the hydrolysis of the viral polyprotein. They directly bind to and inhibit reverse transcriptase. They inhibit the synthesis of viral proteins.