TWiV 339: Herpes and the sashimi plot
May 31, 2015•1 hr 40 min
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Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Tre TWiV amici present three snippets and a side of sashimi: how herpesvirus inhibits host cell gene expression by disrupting transcription termination.
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- Lassa fever death in NJ (CDC and NYTimes)
- Transgenic mouse model for MERS-CoV (J Virol)
- First West Nile virus disease case in Texas
- Herpesvirus disrupts host transcription termination (Nat Comm)
- Sashimi plots
- Broad benefits of measles virus immunization (TWiM #104)
- Avian influenza outbreak (NPR)
- The virome in health and disease (Immunity)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 339
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