TWiV 374: Discordance in B

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

The TWiVniks consider the role of a cell enzyme that removes a protein linked to the 5'-end of the picornavirus genome, and the connection between malaria, Epstein-Barr virus, and endemic Burkitt's lymphoma.

• Divergent requirements for removing VPg (mBio)


• Bond, covalent bond (TWiV 210)


• Link between malaria and endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (PLoS Path)


• Multifactorial role of malaria in Burkitt's lymphoma (PLoS Path)


• Plasmodium infection promotes AID-dependent B cell lymphoma (Cell)


• Children's cancer dependent on climatic factors (Nature)


• Denis Burkitt (Wikipedia)


• Request for PACE trial data (virology blog)


• Letters read on TWiV 374

This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and ASM Grant Writing Webinar

Alan - Indoor skydivingVincent - Cancer Virus by Crawford, Johannessen, and RickinsonRich - WitKathy - The Only Woman in the Room by Eileen PollackDickson - Show everyone your clinical data

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