TWiV 210: Bond, covalent bond

December 9, 2012

VPg linked to RNAHosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich ConditDickson DespommierAlan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

The complete TWiV team reviews identification of the cell receptor for hepatitis B and D viruses, and the cell enzyme that cleaves the genome-linked protein from picornaviral RNA.

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7 comments on “TWiV 210: Bond, covalent bond

  1. This will be a great listen.

  2. Virgen-Slane Dec 16, 2012

    Awesome, you guys reviewed my paper! The hunt for VPg unlinkase sure taught me a thing or two about protein biochemistry. Lol

  3. Pamela Breguel May 30, 2018

    Hi! I am trying to find if you ever talked about initiation of translation in viruses. But you have a bunch of material