Display of chikungunya epitope on ferritin for potential application as vaccine

• Main Author: Su, Chengxun
• Other Authors: Lim, Sierin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61553
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The idea of this project is to develop a new way to deliver vaccine by displaying the Chikungunya epitope on ferritin protein cage. Chikungunya virus is a human pathogen and one of the leading causes of mosquito-borne arthralgia in parts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia. Due to lack of specific t...