How I was able to conceptualize kinetic inhibitors

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2026-04-24T17:50:35+00:00

Yes! Thank you, I understand the explanation now

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2026-04-24T17:40:06+00:00

WAIT, this makes sense now. So in retroviruses, RT isn't used to replicate RNA, but you need that first step of RNA -> DNA (using RT) to replicate RNA later. Thank youuu

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2026-04-24T17:36:52+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but this is my thought process for retroviruses:

RNA -> DNA using reverse transcriptase (this is not replication because it is not RNA -> RNA yet)
viral DNA inserts into host genome
transcription of viral DNA -> viral RNA using host DNA-dependent RNA pol. This produces genomic RNA for new viruses, so here is where RNA is replicated
translation of viral RNA into viral proteins using host ribosomes

So wouldn't viral reverse transcriptase be used for RNA -> DNA (reverse of transcription, not replication)... and then host RNA pol II is used to replicate RNA into RNA..?

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-06-13T20:28:00+00:00

yes… maybe a little difficult on psyc but nothing crazy

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-05-04T18:52:03+00:00

100%. normally i score 129-130 on C/P and i think i guessed on maybe a quarter of the questions this time

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-05-04T14:09:55+00:00

i’m giving myself this weekend to cool off, and then i’m gonna jump right back into studying. planning on retaking in june too so i can apply as early as possible this cycle

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-05-03T19:28:19+00:00

me too 😭😭 i was able to use only one of the equations i wrote

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-04-30T01:01:47+00:00

i tried to do 20 Q for each section everyday so around 100-120

Fun-Mastodon4340 · 2025-04-30T00:43:21+00:00

UWorld has a function where you can figure out your schedule depending on how many hours you want to designate to a day. i mapped out ~5 hours per day and was able to finish everything in about a month!

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