Virus like particles (VLPs) consist of viral protein(s) derived from the structural proteins of a virus. In some cases these proteins are embedded within a lipid bilayer. These particles resemble the virus from which they were derived but lack viral nucleic acid, meaning that they are not infectious. VLPs used as vaccines are often very effective at eliciting both T cell and B cell immune responses. The human papillomavirus and Hepatitis B vaccines are the first virus-like particle based vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... Groups I: dsDNA viruses II: ssDNA viruses III: dsRNA viruses IV: (+)ssRNA viruses V: (-)ssRNA viruses VI: ssRNA-RT viruses VII: dsDNA-RT viruses A virus (Latin, poison) is a microscopic particle that can infect the cells of a biological organism. ... Lipids are a class of hydrocarbon-containing organic compounds. ... Schematic diagram of a double-stranded nucleic acid. ... A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to establish immunity to a disease. ... T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response. ... B cells are lymphocytes that play a large role in the humoral immune response (as opposed to the cell-mediated immune response). ... A request has been made on Wikipedia for this article to be deleted in accordance with the deletion policy. ... The naked protein coat (capsid) of a papillomavirus HPV redirects here. ... Hepatitis B is a disease of the liver caused by the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the Hepadnavirus family[1] and one of several unrelated viral species which cause viral hepatitis. ... A bottle and a syringe containing the influenza vaccine. ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food (humans and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal) and radiation emitting devices (including non-medical devices), biologics, and...

Many fungi contain mycoviruses that can not be classified as true viruses as they lack the ability to be transmitted in cell free preperations. This essentially means they are non-infectious. However, are normally associated with a genome often consisting of double stranded RNA. In these instances they to are refered to as virus like particles. They are very important in phytopathology, as they have been shown to cause hypovirulence in some species of phytopathogenic fungi. Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... In communications and information processing, a transmitter (sometimes abbreviated XMTR) is an object (source) which sends information to an observer (receiver). ... Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers. ... Phytopathology is the study of how disease processes develop in plants. ...