The TWiMbionts explore the role of bacteria in the genesis of moonmilk, and how ancient host proteins can be used to engineer resistance to virus infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michele Swanson
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Links for this episode
- Role of Streptomyces in moonmilk (bioRxiv)
- Moonmilk (Wikipedia)
- Ancient proteins for virus resistance (Cell Rep)
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiM 157
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