TWiV 534: Portal to the METTL

The TWiV crew reveal a unique portal on the calcivirus capsid formed upon receptor engagement, and the regulation of interferon responses in virus-infected cells by methylation of mRNA.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• European Congress of Virology 2019
• ASM Clinical Virology Symposium
• Intel ISEF judges needed
• Calicivirus portal visualized (Nature)
• Calicivirus portal - long version (biorXiv)
• m6A modification and innate response (Nat Immunol)
• Brianne Barker's immunology course
• m6A modification and innate response (Genes Dev)
• Letters read on TWiV 534
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Vincent - Virology Lectures 2019

Listener Pick

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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