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Research, Technology, Methods > drugs > vaccines > synthetic vaccines > edible vaccines
Research, Technology, Methods > drugs > vaccines > subunit vaccines > edible vaccines
Preferred Term:

edible vaccines

Definition:
Vaccines or candidate vaccines derived from edible plants. Transgenic plants are used as recombinant protein production systems and the edible plant tissue functions as an oral vaccine.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
subunit vaccines, synthetic vaccines
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URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/35861
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2016-05-26