TWiV 432: Conjunction junction, what's your function?
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVites discuss Zika virus seroprevalence in wild monkeys, Zika virus mRNA vaccines, and a gamete fusion protein inherited from viruses.
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Links for this episode- Nido2017 Meeting
- ASMCUE
- Seroprevalence of Zika virus in wild monkeys and baboons (mSphere)
- Zika virus mRNA vaccines (paper one, paper two)
- Gamete fusion protein is type II viral fusogen (paper one, paper two)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 432
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