Modified plant viruses as vectors of heterologous peptides
US6884623B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A50/30
- 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 preferably free from direct sequence repeats flanking the insert. The invention relates to a method of production of the particles and their use, in particular in vaccines.
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