Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Rich and Kathy discuss mechanisms of protein synthesis and regulation in virus-infected cells.

Links for this episode: * Slides for this episode (pdf) * T7 ribosomal binding sites (CSH Symp Quant Biol) * Tinkering with translation (CSH Persp) * Translation at nexus of infection and immunity (Cell Host Microbe) * Viral subversion of protein synthesis machinery (Nat Rev Micr)

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