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TWiV 255: Longhorns go viral

20 October 2013 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #255 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich visit the University of Texas at Austin and meet up with Bob and Chris to talk about their work on influenza virus and microRNAs.

You can find TWiV #255 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: argonaute, cap snatching, dicer, influenza, innate immunity, interferon, ISG15, microrna, rnai, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 180: Throwing IFIT at flu and holding a miR to HCV

22 April 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #180 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich review association of an interferon-induced protein with severe influenza, and stabilization of HCV RNA by a microRNA.

You can find TWiV #180 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: argonaute, disease susceptibility, HCV, hepatitis, ifitm3, influenza, interferon, IRES, ISG, micro rna, mIR-122, RNA, translation, viral, virology, virus

TWiV 138: RISCy business with Raul Andino

19 June 2011 by Vincent Racaniello

Drosophila melanogasterHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Raul Andino

Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.

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Links for this episode:

  • Antiviral immunity in Drosophila requires RNAi spread (Nature)
  • Cricket paralysis virus antagonizes Argonaute 2 in Drosophila (Nature Struct Biol)
  • Dicistroviridae at ViralZone
  • TWiV on Facebook

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: argonaute, dicer, drosophila, fly, immunity, innate immunity, raul andino, risc, RNA interference, siRNA, viral, virology, virus

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