TWiV #49 - Viral genomes

An episode of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV #49 - Viral genomes" was published on September 13, 2009 and runs 62 minutes.

September 13, 2009 ·62m · This Week in Virology

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Episode Description

Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of the seven different types of viral genomes, and how to use the pathway to mRNA to understand viral replication.

Links for this episode:

Dick talks about hookworm on Radio Lab
Dick's video page at BigThink
The seven types of viral genome
Animation of HIV replication (thanks axiomatically atypical!)
Changes in transcript abundance relating to colony collapse disorder in honey bee (thanks Judi!)

Weekly Science Picks

Dick Discovery Channel: Planet Green
Vincent Influenza videos at BigThink: one, two, three, four, five, six

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