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Published: July 20, 2013, 5:49 p.m.

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

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The complete TWiV team talks about how two different viruses shape the evolution of an essential housekeeping protein.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Dual virus-host\xa0arms race\xa0(PLoS Biology)
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• Dual\xa0virus-receptor\xa0duel (see comments - virology blog)
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• Ferritin and transferrin\xa0(Protein Data Bank)
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• Money for nothing\xa0(YouTube)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 242
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