TWiV 740: Complementation will get you everywhere

This Week in Virology

Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 740

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Episode description

The Guardians of the TWiV-o-verse discuss the process of codon deoptimization for the production of experimental infectious attenuated viral vaccines, and how a respiratory syncytial virus with 619 base changes was rescued by genomes with very large internal deletions.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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NIDO 2021 Symposium
ASV hosts free COVID-19 Vaccine Education Town Halls (register here)
Research position in Spindler laboratory
Attenuation of poliovirus by codon deoptimization (Science)
Rescue of codon-deoptimized RSV by large deletions (PNAS)
Letters read on TWiV 740
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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