episode 522: Readers of the lost ORF
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!
Alan - $40 internationally standard cup of tea
Rich- Mars InSight Mission
Dickson- New York Botanical Garden Train Show
Kathy- Comedy wildlife photo awards finalists
Vincent - Senator Gillibrand calls for funding AFM research and our Crowdsourcing of EV-D68 research
Fernando - Pathfinders by Felipe Fernández-Armesto; Erebus by Michael Palin
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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