TWiV 242: I want my MMTV
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sat 20 Jul 2013
- Episode Link
- http://www.twiv.tv/2013/07/21/twiv-242-i-want-my-mmtv/
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The complete TWiV team talks about how two different viruses shape the evolution of an essential housekeeping protein.
Links for this episode:
- Dual virus-host arms race (PLoS Biology)
- Dual virus-receptor duel (see comments - virology blog)
- Ferritin and transferrin (Protein Data Bank)
- Money for nothing (YouTube)
- Letters read on TWiV 242
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