MicrobeWorld

TWiV 115: Color me infected

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Alan, Rich and Marc discuss the finding that a limited number of incoming herpesviral genomes can replicate and express in a cell, and controlling viral replication in Aedes aegypti with a Wolbachia symbiont.

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Links for this episode:

• Replication and expression of limited numbers of incoming viral genomes
• The brainbow cassette
• Release of Wolbachia infected mosquitoes in Australia (story one, two)
• Journal articles on Wolbachia infection of mosquitoes (Cell, PloS Pathogens)
• Wolbachia discussion on TWiV 61
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 115

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