Hepatitis B core-based virus-like particles: A platform for vaccine development in plants

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are a class of structures formed by the self-assembly of viral capsid protein subunits and contain no infective viral genetic material. The Hepatitis B core (HBc) antigen is capable of assembling into VLPs that can elicit strong immune responses and has been licensed as a...

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Main Authors: Maryam Moradi Vahdat, Farshad Hemmati, Abozar Ghorbani, Daria Rutkowska, Alireza Afsharifar, Mohammad Hadi Eskandari, Nahid Rezaei, Ali Niazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Biotechnology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X21000217