TWiV 450: Ben tenOever and RNA out
- July 16, 2017
- Tagged as: Ago, antiviral defense, dicer, drosha, evolution, IFN, interferon, miRNA, RNA dependent RNA polymerase, RNA interference, RNAi, RNAse III, viral, virology, virus, viruses
Ben tenOever joins the TWiVoli to discuss the evolution of RNA interference and his lab’s finding that RNAse III nucleases, needed for the maturation of cellular RNAs, are an ancient antiviral RNA recognition platform in all domains of life.