Kartik and Rohit join the TWiV team to present their identification of protocadherin-1 as a cell receptor for New World hantaviruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Kartik Chandran and Rohit Jangra
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Links for this episode
- Einstein goes viral (TWiV 314) 2:25
- Michael Rossmann, 88 (virology blog) 9:58
- Protocadherin-1 essential for New World hantavirus entry (Nature) 11:46
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