Virus-like Particles: Tools for your infectious disease research
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are non-infectious nanoparticles that assemble from recombinantly expressed viral proteins but lack the viral genome required for replication and infection. Because they are non-infectious VLPs do not require the same level of biosafety containment as competent native viruses but retain the self-assembling and antigen-presenting capabilities that can…