TWiV 220: Flu watches the clock while T7 gets a CAT scan

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit, Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Kathy discuss regulation of influenza virus replication by splicing, and the bacteriophage T7 random walk. Links for this episode: Influenza splicing regulates infection (Cell Reports) Reporting on flu splicing from NPR , BBC , NBC Splicing of influenza RNA 8 (jpg) Bacteriophage T7 remodeling during infection (Science) Cryo-ET of intact cells (Trends Cell Biol) T7: The Movie (YouTube) Cry0-EM vs Cryo-ET (Wikipedia) Virus caught in the act (e! Science News) Letters read on TWiV 220 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Journal of Virology Image Gallery Rich - Phage T7 Genetics and Physiology and slab gels Alan - PeerJ ( press release ) Vincent - Virologia en Español Listener Pick of the Week Dave - Thingiverse pathogens and proteins Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]