Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Nels and Vincent talk about how a cellular enzyme contributes to the very high mutation rate of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Links for this episode * Cell defense enzyme drives high HIV mutation rate (PLoS Biol) * High mutation rate of HIV in vivo (PLoS Biol) * High viral mutation rates are beneficial (virology blog) * Image credit

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