TWiV 743: Shape-shifting viruses
The TWiVsters explain how the shape of pleomorphic virus particles \u2013 spherical or filamentous \u2013 determines the probability of virus attachment and fusion, and resistance to selective pressure such as antibodies that block cell entry.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Amy Rosenfeld
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Links for this episode- Pleomorphic virus particles and cell entry (Nat Micro)
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