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TWiV 552: Delta and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

  • June 16, 2019
  • Tagged as: bacteriophage, de novo synthesis, dengue virus, DNA polymerase, envelope glycoprotein, hepatitis b virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis delta virus, herlper virus, mobile genetic element, pipolin, primer, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Team TWiV reveals DNA polymerases that do not require a primer, and packaging of hepatitis delta virus by the envelope glycoproteins of diverse viruses.

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TWiV 546: Delta blues and chitlins

  • May 5, 2019
  • Tagged as: bird, coronavirus, HDV, HDV-like virus, hepatitis D virus, hepatitis delta virus, horseshoe bat, MERS, outbreak, piglet, Rhinolophus bat, SADS-coronavirus, SARS, snake, spillover, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The un-encapsidated TWiV Humans discuss finding hepatitis D virus-related sequences in birds and snakes, and fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by a coronavirus of bat origin.

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TWiV 210: Bond, covalent bond

  • December 9, 2012
  • Tagged as: 5'-tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase, biochemistry, DNA repair, HBV, HDV, hepatitis b virus, hepatitis delta virus, poliovirus, receptor, sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide, topoisomerase, viral, virology, virus, VPg

The complete TWiV team reviews identification of the cell receptor for hepatitis B and D viruses, and the cell enzyme that cleaves the genome-linked protein from picornaviral RNA.

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