TWiV 512: Flexuous SUMO wrestlers

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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Links for this episode

• Support Viruses Gordon Conference3:38
• Potyvirus (ViralZone)
• Plum pox (Wikipedia)
• History, biology, management of plum pox (Mich St Ext)
• Papaya ring spot virus (Bus Man)
• Geminivirus (ViralZone)
• Geminivirus rep impairs PCNA SUMOylation (J Virol)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 512
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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