The TWiV posse considers viral insulin-like peptides encoded in fish genomes, and antiviral immunity in insects by production of viral DNA from defective genomes of RNA viruses.
TWiV 477: Raiders of the lost Arc
- January 21, 2018
- Tagged as: Arc, darc, drosophila, exovesicles, gag, jumping genes, neuron, retrotransposon, retrovirus, synapse, transposable element, viral, virology, virus, virus-like particle, viruses
The TWiVodrome explains how a gag-like protein from a retrotransposon forms virus-like particles that carry mRNA within vesicles across the synapse.