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What is not a component of a virion of HIV?A) Two strands that make up the DNA genomeB) Reverse transcriptase enzymeC) Integrase and protease enzymesD) gp120 proteins

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The component that is not found in a HIV virion are the two strands that make up the DNA genome, as HIV has its genetic material as RNA. Moreover, it is a retrovirus, which means it has a reverse transcriptase enzyme to make DNA from RNA, and integrase and protease enzymes that play a role in getting the viral DNA into the infected cell genome; as well as other proteins such as the gp120.

The correct answer is A.

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