TWiM #62: Break­ing Bad and Pro­tein Chain Mail

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Hosts: Vin­cent Racaniello and Michael Schmidt.

Vin­cent and Michael dis­cuss how in­fec­tion with in­fluenza A virus dis­perses Strep­to­coc­cus pneu­mo­niae biofilms lead­ing to dis­ease, and an amaz­ing pro­tein chain­mail in a vi­ral cap­sid.

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