1. Edible vaccine is an edible plant part engineered to produce an immunogenic protein, which when consumed gets recognized by immune system.
2. Immunogenic protein of certain pathogens are active when administered orally.
3. The gene encoding for immunogenic protein is isolated and inserted in a suitable vector.
4. Recombinant vector is then transferred to plant genome.
5. Expression of this gene in specific parts of the plant results in the synthesis of immunogenic proteins.
6. When animals or mainly humans consume these plant parts, they get vaccinated against certain pathogen.
