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

The TWiVniks consider the role of a cell enzyme that removes a protein linked to the 5'-end of the picornavirus genome, and the connection between malaria, Epstein-Barr virus, and endemic Burkitt's lymphoma.

Links for this episode

• Divergent requirements for removing VPg (mBio)
• Bond, covalent bond (TWiV 210)
• Link between malaria and endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (PLoS Path)
• Multifactorial role of malaria in Burkitt's lymphoma (PLoS Path)
• Plasmodium infection promotes AID-dependent B cell lymphoma (Cell)
• Children's cancer dependent on climatic factors (Nature)
• Denis Burkitt (Wikipedia)
• Request for PACE trial data (virology blog)
• Letters read on TWiV 374

This episode is sponsored by 32nd Clinical Virology Symposium and ASM Grant Writing Webinar

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