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Modified plant viruses as vectors of heterologous peptides

US6884623B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1999
Grant dateApr 26, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 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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