Peptide vaccine

A peptide vaccine is any peptide which serves to immunize an organism against a pathogen. Peptide vaccine are often synthetic and mimic naturally occurring proteins from pathogens.[1][2]

References

  1. "Synthetic peptide vaccines". World Health Organization. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. "Peptides duration". www.researchpeptides.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.


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