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TWiV 426: I'm Axl, and I'll be your cervid today


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

The sages of TWiV explain how chronic wasting disease of cervids could be caused by spontaneous misfolding of prion protein, and the role of the membrane protein Axl in Zika virus entry into cells.

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  • Spontaneous generation of unique cervid strain (mSphere)
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