Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Rich and Kathy discuss mechanisms of protein synthesis and regulation in virus-infected cells.

Links for this episode:

• Slides for this episode (pdf)
• T7 ribosomal binding sites (CSH Symp Quant Biol)
• Tinkering with translation (CSH Persp)
• Translation at nexus of infection and immunity (Cell Host Microbe)
• Viral subversion of protein synthesis machinery (Nat Rev Micr)

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