TWiN 4: It's a trap!

This Week in Neuroscience · Jan 9, 2020 · 1h 8m

Jason visits the TWiN studio to explain Arc Capsid Bearing Any RNAs (ACBARs), virus-like capsids that transfer genetic information between neurons.

Hosts: Andres Bendesky, Jason Shepherd, and Vincent Racaniello

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Arc is a repurposed retrotransposon gag protein that mediates intercellular RNA transfer (Cell)

Drosophila gag-like ARC1 (Cell)

Letters read on TWiN #4

Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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