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Published: March 3, 2013, 4:20 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Rich Condit,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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The complete TWiV team discusses the amazing finding that cyclic GMP-AMP synthase is a cytosolic innate immune DNA sensor.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Zhijian J. Chen\xa0(Wikipedia)
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• Sensing the\xa0dark side\xa0of DNA (Science)
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• cGAMP is an\xa0endogenous second messenger\xa0(Science)
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• cGAMP synthase\xa0is a DNA sensor (Science)
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• Pore-forming toxin\xa0(Wikipedia)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 222
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