Episode Details

The TWiVsters review isolation of a naturally occurring DNA virus from fruit flies, and the cell-type specific function of a small transmembrane protein encoded in an open reading frame upstream of the enterovirus polyprotein.

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

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Links for this episode

• Genome-edited babies (Nature)
• Second CRISPR pregnancy? (MIT Tech Rev)
• Naturally occurring DNA virus of Drosophila (PLoS Path)
• Upstream protein coding region in enterovirus genome
• We missed it in 1988! (J Virol)
• Letters read on TWiV 522
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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