TWiV 60: Making viral RNA

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:24:03 +0000

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how RNA viruses produce mRNA and replicate their genomes.

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Diagrams of viral RNA synthesis
Animations of influenza virus and HIV-1 replication
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TWiV 49: Viral genomes

Vincent Racaniello — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:10:11 +0000

Hosts:Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of the seven different types of viral genomes, and how to use the pathway to mRNA to understand viral replication.