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TWiV 330: A swinging gate

29 March 2015 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #330 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiVers explain how a protein platform assists the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase to begin the task of making viral genomes.

You can find TWiV #330 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: cfs/me, cytokines, de novo initiation, hepatitis C virus, primer dependent, primer independent, protein priming platform, RNA dependent RNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, viral, virology, virus, X-ray structure

TWiV 329: Pox in the balance

23 March 2015 by Vincent Racaniello

On episode #329 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiV team reviews identification of immune biomarkers in CFS/ME patients, and how a cell nuclease controls the innate immune response to vaccinia virus infection.

You can find TWiV #329 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: cfs/me, chemokines, chronic fatigue syndrome, cytokines, eIF2, endoribonuclease, immune marker, innate immunity, mRNA cap, poxvirus, PRK, RNAseL, systemic exertion intolerance disease, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virus, Xrn1

TWiV Special: A paradigm for pathogen de-discovery

18 September 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

On this special episode of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent and Ian review a multicenter blinded analysis which finds no association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and XMRV or polytropic murine leukemia virus.

You can find this TWiV Special at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, infection, murine leukemia virus, myalgic encephalomyelitis, polytropic, retrovirus, viral, virology, virus, w ian lipkin, xenotropic, xmrv

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