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TWiV 968: A spillover waiting in the wings

  • December 25, 2022
  • Tagged as: ACE2, ancient virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, DPP4, giant virus, MERS-CoV, Omicron, pandemic, permafrost, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, virus receptor, viruses

TWiV reviews eukaryotic viruses recovered from ancient permafrost, a mistake made by scientists on Omicron origins, and close relatives of MERS-CoV from bats that bind ACE2 for entry into cells.

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TWiV 486: Sean Whelan on being haploid

  • March 25, 2018
  • Tagged as: cell entry, ebolavirus, haploid screen, human ERV K, Lassa virus, Lujo virus, retrovirus gene trap, viral, virology, virus, virus receptor, viruses, VSV

Sean Whelan returns to TWiV to speak with Vincent about using haploid cell lines to identify genes encoding cell receptors for viruses, including Ebolavirus, Lassa virus, and more.

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TWiV 426: I’m Axl, and I’ll be your cervid today

  • January 29, 2017
  • Tagged as: AXL, cervid, chronic wasting disease, Gas6, innate immunity, interferon, PMCA, prion, protein misfolding, SOCS-1, viral, virology, virus, virus entry, virus receptor, viruses, Zika virus
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The sages of TWiV explain how chronic wasting disease of cervids could be caused by spontaneous misfolding of prion protein, and the role of the membrane protein Axl in Zika virus entry into cells.

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TWiV 141: Mickey gets HCV

  • July 10, 2011
  • Tagged as: hcv, hepacivirus, hepatitis C virus, murine model, viral, virology, virus, virus entry, virus receptor

Matt Evans joins Vincent, Rich, Dickson, and Alan to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.

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