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A Viral Heist

HSV-1 virions capture the cellular motor protein kinesin from initially infected epithelial cells and ferry it to subsequently infected neuronal cells to deliver their genome into the nucleus of those cells.

TWiV 833: Grand theft kinesin

TWiV reviews Michael Worobey’s dissection of the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, and the discovery that herpesviruses assimilate cellular kinesin to produce motorized virus particles. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 833 (77 MB .mp3, 128 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Show notes at microbe.tv/twiv

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