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

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

Links for this episode:

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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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