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TWiEVO 21: A virus with a green thumb
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 01:45:29
Publish Date: 2017-07-12 20:35:24
Description:

Rich Condit joins Nels and Vincent to explain how a vaccinia virus protein customizes ribosomes to favor the translation of viral mRNAs with a stretch of A residues in the 5'-untranslated region.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

 

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