Jason visits the TWiN studio to explain Arc Capsid Bearing Any RNAs (ACBARs), virus-like capsids that transfer genetic information between neurons.
Hosts: Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello
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- Arc is a repurposed retrotransposon gag protein that mediates intercellular RNA transfer (Cell) 3:01, 12:45
- Drosophila gag-like ARC1 (Cell) 17:23
- Letters read on TWiN #4 1:03:20
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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