Tag: endogenous retrovirus

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TWiV 571: Piwi koalas

• October 27, 2019
• Tagged as: baculovirus, endogenous retrovirus, Flu, Flublock, Flucelvax, germline, HA, influenza, influenza vaccine, insect cell, Koala, Koala retrovirus, piRNA, transposon, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The League of Extraordinary Virologists celebrate the eradication of wild poliovirus type 3, and consider the effectiveness of an influenza vaccine produced in insect cells, and how small RNAs are protecting the Koala germline from retroviral invasion.

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TWiV 472: The riddle of the skinks

• December 17, 2017
• Tagged as: endogenous retrovirus, endoplasmic reticulum, evolution, exaptation, Mabuya lizard, membrane, membrane fusion, mutant, placenta, poxvirus, poxvirus crescent, retrovirus, syncytin, syncytiotrophoblast, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team reveal the origin of the poxvirus membrane, and how a retrovirus drove the development of the placenta of a lizard.

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TWiV 439: The purloined envelope

• April 30, 2017
• Tagged as: endogenous retrovirus, envelope protein, erv, exaptation, gammareterovirus, HERV-T, hominid, MCT-1, Paul Bieniasz, retrovirus, viral, viral receptor, virology, virus, viruses

Paul Bieniasz joins the TWiV team to talk about the co-option, millions of years ago, of an endogenous retrovirus envelope protein by hominid ancestors for host defense against viral infection.

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TWiV 386: The dolphins did it

• April 24, 2016
• Tagged as: bacteriophage, cross-species infection, dyson hand dryer, endogenous retrovirus, erv, hand drying, mammal, paleovirology, recombination, retrovirus, viral, virology, virus, virus dispersal, viruses

Ted and Welkin inform the TWiV team how the evolution of ancient retroviruses can be inferred by their sequences in the genomes of modern mammals, and join in a discussion of virus dispersal during different methods for drying hands.

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TWiV 320: Retroviruses and cranberries

• January 18, 2015
• Tagged as: AIDS, cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cranberries, endogenous retrovirus, hiv-1, prostate cancer, retrovirus, reverse transcriptase, viral, virology, virus, XMRV

Vincent speaks with John Coffin about his career studying retroviruses, including working with Howard Temin, endogenous retroviruses, XMRV, chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer, HIV/AIDS, and his interest in growing cranberries.

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TWiV 279: The missing LNC

• April 6, 2014
• Tagged as: differentiation, embryonic stem cells, endogenous retrovirus, enhancer, erv, ES cells, HERV-H, pluripotency, transcription, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy reveal how a retrovirus in the human genome keeps embryonic stem cells in a pluripotent state, from where they can differentiate into all cells of the body.

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TWiV 218: Monkeys turning valves and pushing buttons

• February 3, 2013
• Tagged as: antibody, cancer, endogenous retrovirus, erv, germline, murine leukemia virus, RAG mouse, reactivation, TLR, toll-like receptor, tumor, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, and Welkin discuss how endogenous retroviruses in mice are held in check by the immune response.

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TWiV 129: We’ve got mail

• April 17, 2011
• Tagged as: als, CFS, endogenous retrovirus, erv, MOI, multiplicity of infection, podcast, poxvirus, Smallpox, viral, virology, virus, virus-like particle, west nile virus, XMRV, yellow fever

Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Rich answer listener questions about XMRV, yellow fever vaccine, virus-like particles, West Nile virus, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and human endogenous retroviruses, multiplicity of infection, and how to make a poxvirus.

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TWiV 122: More fun than a monkey full of viruses

• February 27, 2011
• Tagged as: AIDS, endogenous retrovirus, erv, macaque, old world monkey, retroviral restriction, simian immunodeficiency virus, siv, trim5, viral, virology, virus, welkin johnson

The complete TWiV crew teams up with Welkin Johnson to explore the other AIDS epidemic, infection of monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus, and its restriction by the cellular protein TRIM5.

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TWiV 93: Our infectious inbox

• August 1, 2010
• Tagged as: endogenous retrovirus, erv, ipad, mimivirus, Polio, prion, prokaryote, retrovirus, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about lab procedures, prokaryotes, endogenous retroviruses, the iPad and teaching, prions, mimivirus, splitting water with viruses, and the polio outbreak in Tajikistan.