Code
3F029312
Looptijd
01-10-2012 → 30-06-2016
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering not elsewhere classified
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary immunology
Trefwoorden
virulentie
microscopie
polymorfe membraaneiwitten
Projectomschrijving
chlamydia psittaci is an obligatie intracellular bacterium causing respiratory disease in birds. thee are 9 genotypes within the species. some genotypes ar more cirulent. the molecular mechanisms behand these biological differences are not understood. this project wants to find out if the pmp protein family might play a role in the difference in virulence, host specificity and tissue tropism.