Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiV four discuss an mRNA-based influenza vaccine, and a phage tubulin that forms a filamentous array in the host cell that is needed for positioning viral DNA.

Links for this episode:

• mRNA vaccine against influenza (Nat Biotech)
• Phage tubulin assembles dynamic filaments (Cell)
• Viral skeleton (The Scientist)
• Not unorganized bags of enzymes (TWiM 28)
• Bacterial cytoskeleton (FEMS Micro Rev)
• Triangulation number (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiV 211

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