TWiV 273: Lambda is not just a phage

23/02/2014 1h 43min
TWiV 273: Lambda is not just a phage

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Episode Synopsis

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVome dissect the finding that interferon lambda alleles predict the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection.
Links for this episode

Interferon lambda and HCV outcome (Cell Host Micr)
Laser capture microdissection (Wikipedia)
HCV dependent fluorescent reporter (Nat Biotech)
Bats and viruses (PLoS Path)
White nose syndrome (PLoS Path)
Mouse phenome database
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