Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Mark Fuccio
The TWiVome reveal the first eukaryotic genes found in a bacteriophage of Wolbachia, and how DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize sensing of cytoplasmic DNA by the cell.
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