Sean Whelan returns to TWiV to speak with Vincent about using haploid cell lines to identify genes encoding cell receptors for viruses, including Ebolavirus, Lassa virus, and more.

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Sean Whelan

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Links for this episode

• Ebola virus entry requires the cholesterol transporter Niemann-Pick C1 (Nature)
• Lassa virus entry requires a trigger-induced receptor switch (Science)
• Infectious Entry Pathway Mediated by the Human ERV K Envelope Protein (J Virol)
• Novel Broad-Spectrum Virus Entry Inhibitor (J Virol)
• Mechanism of membrane fusion induced by VSV G protein (PNAS)
• NRP2 and CD63 Are Host Factors for Lujo Virus Cell Entry (Cell Host Micr)
• Image credit

Intro music by Ronald Jenkees

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