From the University of Texas at Austin, Vincent and Rich speak with Chris Sullivan about his work on miRNAs encoded in the genomes of polyomaviruses and papillomaviruses, and how an RNA triphosphatase restricts hepatitis C virus replication.
TWiV 380: Viruses visible in le microscope photonique
- March 13, 2016
- Tagged as: amoeba, birth defects, capsid, central nervous system, congenital Zika syndrome, cowpea mosaic virus, CRISPR/Cas, cryoEM, genome packaging, Guillain-Barré syndrome, intrinsic defense, meningoencephalitis, microcephaly, MIMIVIRE, mimivirus, myelitis, viral, virology, viruria, virus, viruses, Zika virus
The TWiVeroos deliver the weekly Zika Report, then talk about a cryoEM structure of a plant virus that reveals how the RNA genome is packaged in the capsid, and MIMIVIRE, a CRISPR-like defense system in giant eukaryotic viruses.