TWiV 369: Camel runny noses and other JNK
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
A swarm of virologists discusses testing of a MERS coronavirus vaccine for camels, and how a neuronal stress pathway reactivates herpes simplex virus.
Links for this episode- MERS coronavirus vaccine for camels (Science)
- WHO MERS summary
- Neuronal stress pathway and herpes simplex virus reactivation (Cell Host Micr)
- Stress flips a chromatin switch (Cell Host Micr)
- How herpes simplex virus reactivates (UNC press release)
- Histone antibodies database
- New antibody portal (UNC press release)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 369
This episode is sponsored by Clinical Virology Symposium
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