Virology lecture #4: Structure of viruses
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TWiV 68: Ode to a plaque
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich are enthralled by movies of vaccinia virus plaque formation, then consider how repulsion of superinfection virions leads to rapid virus spread, and a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code VINCENT to receive $50 …
TWiP 4: Trichinella life cycle
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 4 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP004.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. …
Virology lecture #3: Genomes and genetics
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XMRV infection is enhanced by prostatic protein fragments
Fragments of an abundant protein produced by the prostate form amyloid fibrils that enhance infection of cells by human immunodeficiency virus type 1. These fibrils, called semen-derived enhancer of virus infection (SEVI), have been found to boost infection of prostate cells by the retrovirus XMRV. Is this evidence that XMRV causes prostate cancer? Because most …
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Virology lecture #2: The infectious cycle
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