virus-like particle service

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are multiprotein structures that mimic the organization and conformation of authentic native viruses but lack the viral genome, making them non-infectious and safe to handle. The expression of viral structural proteins, such as envelope or capsid can result in their self-assembly into VLPs. VLPs are becoming an increasingly widespread tool for the development of vaccines, and are finding other important applications in biotechnology including serving as a virus-like vector for gene therapy, a display system for integral membrane proteins for antibody screening, production of immunogens, and for ligand binding assays.