6月22日RICE U.Dr. Yizhi Tao 学术报告
报告人：Dr. Yizhi  Tao
报告题目：Structure and replication of RNA viruses
时间：2011年6月22日下午2:00- 3:30
地点：生科院245室
联系人：高海春（haichung@zju.edu.cn）
 
报告人简介：
Dr. Yizhi Tao，美国Rice U. Tenured Associate Prof.，1999年在Purdue University获得博士学位(导师：Dr . M. Rossmann,  美国科学院院士，结构生物学权威)，其后在Harvard University进行博士后研究（合作导师： Dr . C. Harison, 美国科学院院士，结构生物学权威）。研究方面：病毒的结构生物学，在Nature，Cell, PNAS，J. Virology, 等杂志发表论文30余篇。所解病毒的结构解析图获得2010年Nature Best Image.
 
 
 报告摘要:
The majority of viruses infecting animals and plants today are RNA viruses. There are double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses with dsRNA genomes, as well as (+) and (−)RNA viruses whose genomes are single-stranded (ss) RNA of either positive or negative polarity. RNA viruses have small genomes that rarely exceed 30 kb in size, and a large portion of their genomes is used to encode proteins involved in viral RNA replication. Viral RNA synthesis is catalyzed by the virally encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), which lacks any proofreading activity. Although the details of RNA replication greatly vary among viruses, common principles clearly exist in the organization of the replication machinery of different RNA viruses.
 
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