Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, 
Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV four discuss an mRNA-based influenza vaccine, and a phage tubulin that forms a filamentous array in the host cell that is needed for positioning viral DNA.
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Links for this episode:
- mRNA vaccine against influenza (Nat Biotech)
- Phage tubulin assembles dynamic filaments (Cell)
- Viral skeleton (The Scientist)
- Not unorganized bags of enzymes (TWiM 28)
- Bacterial cytoskeleton (FEMS Micro Rev)
- Triangulation number (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiV 211
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Shocked to hear that Alan is “only” 5’9″, for some reason I always pictured him to be 6’4″! Must be the voice.
Yes, my bark is worse than my height.
HA!