TWiV 369: Camel runny noses and other JNK

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

A swarm of virologists discusses testing of a MERS coronavirus vaccine for camels, and how a neuronal stress pathway reactivates herpes simplex virus.

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Links for this episode

• MERS coronavirus vaccine for camels (Science) 22:45
• WHO MERS summary
• Neuronal stress pathway and herpes simplex virus reactivation (Cell Host Micr) 44:30
• NGF pathway and HSV reactivation (pdf; thanks Anna!)
• Stress flips a chromatin switch (Cell Host Micr)
• How herpes simplex virus reactivates (UNC press release)
• Histone antibodies database 1:06:50
• New antibody portal (UNC press release)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 369 7:35, 1:30:15

This episode is sponsored by Clinical Virology Symposium 3:30

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