TWiV describes how a viral capsid protein activates a bacterial innate immune system that interferes with protein synthesis, and human-associated redondoviruses that infect the commensal protozoan Entamoeba gingivalis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Jolene Ramsey
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
- Anti-phage defense via capsid detection (Nature)
- Redondoviruses infect commensal amoebae (Cell Host Micro)
- A host for redondoviruses (Nat Rev Micro)
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