This Week in Virology #101: Sizing up adenovirus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, and Hamish Young


On episode #101 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, Dickson, and Hamish review the three-dimensional structure of adenovirus, and the role of adenovirus type 36 in obesity.

Download TWiV #101 (55 MB .mp3, 76 minutes)

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Links for this episode:

• Three-dimensional structure of adenovirus solved by x-ray crystallography and Cryo-EM


• Movies of adenovirus


• Commentary on adenovirus structure


• Adenovirus picture book


• Adenovirus type 36 and obesity in children and adolescents


• Press release on adenovirus 36 and obesity


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• Letters read on TWiV 101

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