Virus-like particles (VLPs) are non-replicative vectors for the delivery of heterologous epitopes and are considered one of the most potent inducers of cellular and humoral immune responses in mice and guinea pigs.
Muhammad Naveed Anwar +14 more
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Virus-Like Particle Production in Atmospheric Eubacteria Isolates
Culturable eubacterial isolates were collected at various altitudes in Earth’s atmosphere, including ~1.5 m above ground in Tallahassee, FL, USA; ~10.0 m above sea level over the mid-Atlantic ridge (~15° N); ~20 km above ground over the ...
Nuria Teigell-Perez +4 more
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Virus-Like Particle, Liposome, and Polymeric Particle-Based Vaccines against HIV-1
It is acknowledged that vaccines remain the best hope for eliminating the HIV-1 epidemic. However, the failure to produce effective vaccine immunogens and the inability of conventional delivery strategies to elicit the desired immune responses remains a ...
Yong Gao +2 more
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The M, E, and N structural proteins of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus are required for efficient assembly, trafficking, and release of virus-like particles [PDF]
Copyright @ 2008 American Society for Microbiology.The production of virus-like particles (VLPs) constitutes a relevant and safe model to study molecular determinants of virion egress.
Kien, F. +23 more
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Construction and characterization of chimaeric human immunodefiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag virus-like particles [PDF]
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-128).In this study I explored the possibility of making HIV-1 subtype C Pr55gag-based chimaeric virus-like particles (VLPs) as a boost to the HIV-IC multigene DNA vaccine pTHr.grttnC, which encodes a ...
Halsey, Richard James
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Tomato marchitez virus, a new plant picorna-like virus from tomato related to tomato torrado virus [PDF]
A new virus was isolated from a tomato plant from the state of Sinaloa in Mexico. This plant showed symptoms locally known as `marchitez disease¿: severe leaf necrosis, beginning at the base of the leaflets, and necrotic rings on the fruits.
Verbeek, M. +4 more
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Virus-like particle vaccine protects against 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus in mice. [PDF]
The 2009 influenza pandemic and shortages in vaccine supplies worldwide underscore the need for new approaches to develop more effective vaccines.We generated influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) containing proteins derived from the A/California/04/2009
Fu-Shi Quan +3 more
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Cryotomography of budding influenza a virus reveals filaments with diverse morphologies that mostly do not bear a genome at their distal end [PDF]
Influenza viruses exhibit striking variations in particle morphology between strains. Clinical isolates of influenza A virus have been shown to produce long filamentous particles while laboratory-adapted strains are predominantly spherical.
Swetha Vijayakrishnan +29 more
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Optimization of chimaeric HIV-1 virus-like particle (VLP) production and immunogenicity testing of VLPs in mice [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-148).The devastating effect the HIV pandemic has had on the human population in the last twenty five years has highlighted the great need to develop a prophylactic HIV vaccine.
Pillay, Sirika
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Escherichia coli-derived virus-like particles in vaccine development
Recombinant virus-like particle-based vaccines are composed of viral structural proteins and mimic authentic native viruses but are devoid of viral genetic materials. They are the active components in highly safe and effective vaccines for the prevention
Xiaofen Huang +4 more
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