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TWiV 935: Mobile DNA with Cedric Feschotte

  • September 11, 2022
  • Tagged as: endogenous retrovirus, mobile DNA, mobile genetic element, transposase, transposon, virology, virus, viruses

Vincent travels to Cornell University to speak with Cedric about his career and his research on mobile genetic elements such as transposons and endogenous viruses and how they have shaped the evolution of nearly all organisms.

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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 288: ebircsnart esreveR

  • June 8, 2014
  • Tagged as: cDNA, complementary DNA, endogenous DNA, LINE-1, mobile genetic element, non-LTR retrotransposon, reverse transcriptase, Smallpox, variola, vesicular stomatitis virus, viral, virology, virus

The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.

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