Production of peptides in plants as viral coat protein fusions
US6660500B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/917
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to foreign peptide sequences fused to recombinant plant viral structural proteins and a method of their production. Fusion proteins are economically synthesized in plants at high levels by biologically contained tobamoviruses. The fusion proteins of the invention have many uses. Such uses include use as antigens for inducing the production of antibodies having desired binding properties, e.g., protective antibodies, or for use as vaccine antigens for the induction of protective immunity, including immunity against parasitic infections.
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