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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
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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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