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The TWiVers present mitoviruses, which infect mitochondria, and how quasi-enveloped hepatitis A virus gets naked again.

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

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Links for this episode

• Evidence for plant mitoviruses (Virology)
• Uncoating of quasi-enveloped HAV (eLife)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 541
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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