Staff profile

Dr Kerry Dunse

Research Fellow

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Molecular Sciences
Department of Biochemistry
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BSc(Hons) (Melbourne), PhD (La Trobe)

Area of study

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research interests

Plant innate immunity proteins

- The interaction between serine proteases and plant protease inhibitors

Recent publications

Stevens, J.A., Dunse, K.M., Guarino, R.F., Barbeta, B.L., Evans, S.C., West, J.A., Anderson, M.A., 2013. The impact of ingested potato type II inhibitors on the production of the major serine proteases in the gut of Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 43, 197-208.

  Stevens, J., Dunse, K., Fox, J., Evans, S., Anderson, M. (2012). Biotechnological Approaches for the Control of Insect Pests in Crop Plants, Pesticides - Advances in Chemical and Botanical Pesticides, R.P. Soundararajan (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0680-7, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/pesticides-advances-in-chemical-and-botanical-pesticides/biotechnological-approaches-for-the-control-of-insect-pests-in-crop-plants.

Dunse, K.M., Kaas, Q., Guarino, R.F., Barton, P.A., Craik, D.J., Anderson, M.A. (2010) Molecular basis for the resistance of an insect chymotrypsin to a potato type II proteinase inhibitor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107: 15016-21

Dunse, K.M., Stevens, J.A., Lay, F.T., Gaspar, Y.M., Heath, R.L., Anderson, M.A. (2010) Coexpression of potato type I and II proteinase inhibitors gives cotton plants protection against insect damage in the field. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107: 15011-5