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TWiV 431: Niemann-Pick of the weak

  • March 5, 2017
  • Tagged as: arthropod, bacteriophage, cytoplasmic incompatibility, ebolavirus, glycoprotein, mutation, Niemann-Pick C1, prophage, selection, transmission, viral, virology, virus, WO, wolbachia
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The TWiVirions reveal bacteriophage genes that control eukaryotic reproduction, and the biochemical basis for increased Ebolavirus glycoprotein activity during the recent outbreak.

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TWiV 419: The selfless gene

  • December 11, 2016
  • Tagged as: altruism, cafeteria roenbergensis, CroV, giant virus, lysogen, mavirus, mimivirus, prophage, protozoan, viral, virology, virophage, virus, viruses
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The TWiVrific gang reveal how integration of a virophage into the nuclear genome of a marine protozoan enhances host survival after infection with a giant virus.

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