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Research, Technology, Methods > drugs > vaccines > synthetic vaccines > virus-like particle vaccines
Preferred Term:

virus-like particle vaccines

Definition:
Vaccines using supra-molecular structures composed of multiple copies of recombinantly expressed viral structural proteins. They are often antigentically indistinguishable from the virus from which they were derived.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
synthetic vaccines
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • VLP vaccines
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/198204
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RDF/XMLCreated 2013-03-27, last modified 2013-12-06