Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how RNA viruses produce mRNA and replicate their genomes.
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- Diagrams of viral RNA synthesis
- Animations of influenza virus and HIV-1 replication
- Video for this episode – see below
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