TWiEVO 21: A virus with a green thumb
- July 12, 2017
- Tagged as: evolution, host shutoff, IRES, mimicry, poly(A) enhancer, poxvirus, protein kinase, RACK1, ribosome, vaccinia virus
Rich Condit joins Nels and Vincent to explain how a vaccinia virus protein customizes ribosomes to favor the translation of viral mRNAs with a stretch of A residues in the 5′-untranslated region.