The expression in plants of an engineered VP2 protein of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus induces formation of structurally heterogeneous particles that protect from a very virulent viral strain

• Carla Marusic ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: carla.marusic@enea.it

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-7597

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• Charifa Drissi Touzani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Charifa Drissi Touzani, Alessio Bortolami

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Avian Pathology Unit, Pathology and Veterinary Public Health Department, Agronomy and Veterinary Institute Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

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• Alessio Bortolami ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Charifa Drissi Touzani, Alessio Bortolami

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Specialized Virology and Experimental Research Department Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

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• Marcello Donini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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• Claudia Zanardello,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Diagnostic Services, Histopathology, Parasitology Department, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

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• Chiara Lico,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-5141

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• Emile Rage,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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• Siham Fellahi,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Avian Pathology Unit, Pathology and Veterinary Public Health Department, Agronomy and Veterinary Institute Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

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• Mohammed El Houadfi,

  Roles Project administration

  Affiliation Avian Pathology Unit, Pathology and Veterinary Public Health Department, Agronomy and Veterinary Institute Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco

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• Calogero Terregino,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Specialized Virology and Experimental Research Department Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy

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• Selene Baschieri

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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