What is the composition of VLP? What are its characteristics?

VLP are virus like particles they resemble virus but are not virus because they do not have viral components, they lack genomic material but contain protein that makes up a viral plasmid. They cannot replicate in cells.

VLP occurs naturally and some could be synthesize artificially by inducing or express virus structural protein which later assembly to form VLP.

VLP have been produced from wide variety of virus depending on the purpose of synthesis example include Parvoviridae-- - adeno-associated virus), Retroviridae - -HIV) some are produce by class one retrotransposons that are not genetically effective because the do not posses a viral envelope.