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TWiV 847: On Dasher, on Dancer, on Corona and Lassa

  • January 2, 2022
  • Tagged as: attenuated vaccine, codon deoptimization, coronavirus, COVID-19, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses, white-tailed deer

For the final episode of 2021, TWiV reviews an experimental infectious attenuated Lassa fever vaccine based on a codon-deoptimized glycoprotein gene, and SARS-CoV-2 infection of free-ranging white-tailed deer.

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TWiV 339: Herpes and the sashimi plot

  • May 31, 2015
  • Tagged as: cancer, Chikungunya virus, exon, herpesvirus, host shutoff, intron, IRF7, Lassa fever, mosquitoes, splicing, transcription termination, translation, viral, virology, virus, west nile virus

Tre TWiV amici present three snippets and a side of sashimi: how herpesvirus inhibits host cell gene expression by disrupting transcription termination.

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