Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Tre TWiV amici present three snippets and a side of sashimi: how herpesvirus inhibits host cell gene expression by disrupting transcription termination.

Links for this episode

Searching for Steamer in the oceans
Lassa fever death in NJ (CDC and NYTimes)
Transgenic mouse model for MERS-CoV (J Virol)
First West Nile virus disease case in Texas
Herpesvirus disrupts host transcription termination (Nat Comm)
Sashimi plots
Broad benefits of measles virus immunization (TWiM #104)
Avian influenza outbreak (NPR)
The virome in health and disease (Immunity)
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Letters read on TWiV 339

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TWiV 339: Herpes and the sashimi plot