TWiV 409: A Nef is enough
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler
Guest:\xa0Jeremy Luban
Jeremy joins the TWiVeroids to tell the amazing story of how the function of the HIV-1 protein called Nef was discovered\xa0and found to\xa0promote infection by excluding the host protein SERINC from virus particles.
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Links for this episode- No recovery\xa0in PACE trial (virology blog)
- The\xa0real PACE data\xa0(virology blog)
- Contagious Thinking
- Florida DOH\xa0daily Zika update
- Congress\xa0does not fail\xa0on Zika\xa0(NPR)
- Nef history\xa0(Luban lab)
- Nef excludes SERINC\xa0from virions (Nature)
- SERINC\xa0counters Nef\xa0(Nature)
- ASM Grant Writing Online Course
- Letters read\xa0on TWiV 409
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