TWiV reviews the six known coronaviruses that infect pigs and what can be learned about human infections, and how the giant Mimivirus DNA genome is organized into a nucleocapsid.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- ABRCMS ePoster Spring Symposium for Emerging Scientists 1:18
- Porcine coronaviruses (Virol Sin) 2:34
- Mimivirus nucleocapsid (bioRxiv) 41:13
- Letters read on TWiV 873 1:18:56
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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