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 Click arrow to play Download TWiV 512 (62 MB .mp3, 103 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! 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! Weekly Science Picks Brianne -  Why are so many genes unstudied? (Zimmerand Yong) Alan - Unveiling the RNA World Rich - Spaghetti mystery solved (PNAS paper) Dickson - Science Fair Vincent - A PhD Lab Coat Ceremony Listener Picks Stephen - Flu vaccine myth rant by Crislip Jolene - Research Matters in PLoS Path and PLoS Biology Nicholas - Charity Matters app Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]