Modified plant viruses as vectors of heterologous peptides
US5958422A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2770/32722
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to assembled particles of a plant virus containing a foreign peptide insert in the coat protein of the virus. The site of the insert is free from direct sequence repeats flanking the insert. The invention also relates to a method of production of the particles and their use, in particular in vaccines.
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