TWiV 441: Don't ChrY for me influenza
May 14, 2017•1 hr 59 min
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Episode description
The Beacons of Viral Education (aka the TWiVoners) reveal a cost of being a male mouse - the Y chromosome regulates their susceptibility to influenza virus infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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- Nuclear envelope disruption during parvovirus infection (J Virol)
- Nuclear deformation during SV40 infection (Nucleus)
- Y chromosome regulates mouse susceptibility to influenza virus (PNAS)
- Consomic strains (Mamm Genome)
- Giants among viruses (TWiV 261)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 441
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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