TWiV 339: Herpes and the sashimi plot

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Tre TWiV amici present three snippets and a side of sashimi: how herpesvirus inhibits host cell gene expression by disrupting transcription termination.

Links for this episode

• Searching for Steamer in the oceans
• Lassa fever death in NJ (CDC and NYTimes)
• Transgenic mouse model for MERS-CoV (J Virol)
• First West Nile virus disease case in Texas
• Herpesvirus disrupts host transcription termination (Nat Comm)
• Sashimi plots
• Broad benefits of measles virus immunization (TWiM #104)
• Avian influenza outbreak (NPR)
• The virome in health and disease (Immunity)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 339

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