Episode 233
233: Antivirals made by bacteria
This Week in Microbiology · Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson
January 8, 202153m 13s
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Show Notes
The TWiM team reviews the movie Jezebel, played against the background of the yellow fever epidemic of 1853 in New Orleans, and prokaryotic viperins, ancestors of the eukaryotic enzymes that synthesize antiviral molecules.
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Links for this episode- Jezebel (Wikipedia)
- Prokaryotic viperins (Nature)
- A cell protein that synthesizes antivirals (virology blog)
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