This Week in Virology

TWiV 512: Flexuous SUMO wrestlers

Sep 23, 2018 · 1 hr 42 min · Episode 512 · 62.2 MB
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Anne Simon joins the TWiV team to talk about plant viruses, including plum pox virus that devastates nut and stone fruit trees, and a geminivirus protein that regulates viral DNA synthesis.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Anne Simon

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