Plants provide not only food and feed, but also herbal medicines and various raw materials
for industry. Moreover, plants can be green factories producing high value bioproducts such …

Plant viruses have traditionally been studied as pathogens in the context of understanding
the molecular and cellular mechanisms of a particular disease affecting crops. In recent …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the leading causes of acute viral hepatitis. Transmission of
HEV mainly occurs via the fecal-oral route (ingesting contaminated water or food) or by …

A wide range of virus-like particles (VLPs) is extensively employed as carriers to display
various antigens for vaccine development to fight against different infections. The plant …

The capsid proteins of many viruses are capable of spontaneous self-assembly into virus-
like particles (VLPs), which do not contain the viral genome and are therefore not infectious …

Plants are increasingly used for the production of high-quality biological molecules for use
as pharmaceuticals and biomaterials in industry. Plants have proved that they can produce …

Capsid protein of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is capable of self-assembly into virus-like particles
(VLPs) when expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Such VLPs could be used as …

The core antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBcAg) is capable of self-assembly into virus-like
particles (VLPs) when expressed in a number of heterologous systems. Such VLPs are …

Emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases cause serious illness with billions of cases,
and millions of deaths. The most effective way to restrict the spread of zoonotic viruses …

Hepatitis E is an emerging global disease, mainly transmitted via the fecal–oral route in
developing countries, and in a zoonotic manner in the developed world. Pigs and wild boar …