TWiV 343: The silence of the turnips

This Week in Virology

Jun 28, 2015•1 hr 58 min

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Episode description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVerinoes discuss the potential for prion spread by plants, global circulation patterns of influenza virus, and the roles of Argonautes and a viral protein in RNA silencing in plants.

Links for this episode

Prions in plants (Cell Rep) 11:35
Global influenza virus circulation (Nature) 20:40
Rough patch for plant RNA silencing (Lab Times) 29:50
Role of Argonaute proteins in plant viral defense (PLoS Path) 32:15
Rub-inoculation (YouTube) 42:45
Image credit
Letters read on TWiV 343 4:00, 1:11:45

Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!

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