TWiV 512: Flexuous SUMO wrestlers

This Week in Virology

Sep 23, 2018•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 512

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Episode description

Anne Simon joins the TWiV team to talk about plant viruses, including plum pox virus that devastates nut and stone fruit trees, and a geminivirus protein that regulates viral DNA synthesis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Anne Simon

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Potyvirus (ViralZone)
Plum pox (Wikipedia)
History, biology, management of plum pox (Mich St Ext)
Papaya ring spot virus (Bus Man)
Geminivirus (ViralZone)
Geminivirus rep impairs PCNA SUMOylation (J Virol)
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