TWiM #157: Back to the ancestor

The TWiMbionts explore the role of bacteria in the genesis of moonmilk, and how ancient host proteins can be used to engineer resistance to virus infection.

Hosts: 

Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson and Elio Schaechter.

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Links for this episode

• Role of Streptomyces in moonmilk (bioRxiv)

• TWiM 51: Cave science with Hazel Barton

• Moonmilk (Wikipedia)

• Ancient proteins for virus resistance (Cell Rep)

• Image credit

• Letters read on TWiM 157

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