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TWiM #29: Death and an iron-loaded spike

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Stanley Maloy.

On episode #29 of the podcast, Vincent and Stanley review how a phage pierces the cell membrane with an iron-loaded spike, and two programmed cell death systems in E. coli.

Right click to download TWiM #29 (46 MB, .mp3, 63 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• Phage pierces cell membrane with iron-loaded spike (Structure)
• Two programmed cell death systems in E. coli (PLoS Biol)
• ASM Education resources
• Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
• Cell phones for biomedical applications (PLoS One)
• Letters read on TWiM #29

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