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TWiM #82: Betrayal and compromise
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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Jul 10, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Elio Schaechter and Michele Swanson.
Vincent, Michael, Elio and Michele discuss how an endosymbiont betrays its aphid host to alert plant defenses, and a new immunosuppressive cell that allows infection of neonates.
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Links for this episode
Endosymbiont protein betrays aphid (PNAS)
Plant immune system (Nature)
Plant defenses against pathogens (Am Phyt Soc)
New neonatal defense against infection (Nature)
Marty Blaser and Bill Maher (YouTube)
Two days from any village (YouTube)
Letters read on TWiM 82
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twim.
Vincent, Michael, Elio and Michele discuss how an endosymbiont betrays its aphid host to alert plant defenses, and a new immunosuppressive cell that allows infection of neonates.
Subscribe to TWiM (free) on iTunes, via RSS feed, by email or listen on your mobile device with the Microbeworld app.
Links for this episode
Endosymbiont protein betrays aphid (PNAS)
Plant immune system (Nature)
Plant defenses against pathogens (Am Phyt Soc)
New neonatal defense against infection (Nature)
Marty Blaser and Bill Maher (YouTube)
Two days from any village (YouTube)
Letters read on TWiM 82
Send your microbiology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twim@twiv.tv, or call them in to 908-312-0760. You can also post articles that you would like us to discuss at microbeworld.org and tag them with twim.
Released:
Jul 10, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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