TWiM #124: Fungal pirates

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michele Swanson, and Michael Schmidt.

Vincent, Michael, and Michele reveal how a fungal protease blunts the innate immune response and promotes pathogenicity.

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• Michele on Flint Legionella outbreak (Detroit News)
• Fungal mimicry of a mammalian aminopeptidase (Cell Host Micr)

This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest and ASM Microbe 2016

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