Code
01CD3421
Duration
01 September 2021 → 31 December 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal cell and molecular biology
Keywords
Colorado potato beetle (CPB)
N-glycosylation
Peritrophic matrix (PM) and Midgut
Proteome and Glycoproteome
RNAi
Project description
In an effort to identify novel strategies to control the agricultural pest insect Leptinotarsa decemlineata, this research focusses on the role of N-glycosylation in the function and structure of the insect midgut and peritrophic matrix. Through RNA-interference and proteome analysis, the role of Nglycosylation related genes on the structure of microvilli and the PM is studied.