TWiV 412: WO, open the borders and rig the infection

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Mark Fuccio

The TWiVome reveal the first eukaryotic genes found in a bacteriophage of Wolbachia, and how DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize sensing of cytoplasmic DNA by the cell.

 

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Links for this episode

• Zika virus in vaginal secretions (EID)
• Zika virus in semen (EID)
• Eukaryotic genes in a bacteriophage (Nat Commun)
• Seth Bordenstein on TWiV 332
• DNA tumor virus oncogenes antagonize cGAS-STING (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 412

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