Staff profile
Dr Kerry Dunse
Research Fellow
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering
School of Molecular SciencesDepartment of Biochemistry
La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science
Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 1156
- T: +61 3 9479 2353
- F: +61 3 9479 1266
- E: K.Dunse@latrobe.edu.au
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., 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
