The TWiV team reveal the origin of the poxvirus membrane, and how a retrovirus drove the development of the placenta of a lizard.
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.
Two Coynes join the TWiV overlords to explain their three-dimensional culture model of polarized intestinal cells for studying enterovirus infection.