Modified plant viruses as vectors of heterologous peptides

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB95/01618 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 5, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 5, 1996 PCT Filed Jul. 10, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/02649 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 1, 1996The 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 free from direct sequence repeats flanking the insert. The invention also relates to a method of production of the particles and their use, in particular in vaccines.