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