Modified plant viruses as vectors
US7208655B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 14, 2021 |
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- 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 predetermined foreign peptide as part of the coat protein of the virus, and a method for their production. The foreign peptide is preferably a biologically functional peptide, the biological application of which requires or is enhanced by presentation of the peptide in association with a larger molecule or particle.
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