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TWiV 479: Trypsin the flight fantastic

February 4, 2018

fungus mosquito dengueThe TWiVome explores induction of antiviral responses by repeating patterns of capsids, and a fungus in the mosquito gut that aids dengue virus replication.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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  • Innate immune detection of capsid patterns (mBio)
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3 comments on “TWiV 479: Trypsin the flight fantastic”

  1. Johnye Ballenger Feb 5, 2018

    PLEASE don’t give up Picks. You, and many listeners, have provided fascinating, beautiful, inspiring and (legal) mind-expanding trips to unknown wonders in world that surround us. Your collective, and individual, knowledge and passion for the sweet mysteries of life, as you must know, is infectious and highly contagious! It’s in the community now; can’t put it back in the test tube.

    Johnye

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  2. April Feb 7, 2018

    OK ironically you guys miss-pronounced Gonzaga, the university. The correct pronunciation of the first a is with a long a. I live in Spokane.

    I’m a botanist and my favorite beginner botany book is called Botany in a Day: The Pattern Method of Plant Identification by Thomas J. Elpel.

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