TWiV 185: Dead parrots and live Wildcats

Vincent visits with members of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Northwestern University School of Medicine to discuss their work on herpesviruses and parainfluenzaviruses.

Links for this episode:

• Longnecker laboratory
• Herpesvirus deubiquitinase is neuroinvasive determinant (PLoS Path)
• Paramyxovirus HN structure (PNAS)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 185

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