Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit
HostsOn episode #96 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information.
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Links for this episode:
- Figures for this episode (pdf)
- RNA silencing as a plant immune system (Trends in Genetics)
- Photos of transgenic petunia (PLoS Biology)
- Letters read on TWiV 96
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