John A. Gatehouse
Professor
Department of Biosciences
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
University of Durham (Department of Botany; Department of Biological Sciences; School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences): Postdoctoral Research Assistant 1976-1979; Addison Wheeler Research Fellow 1979-1984; Lecturer 1984-1997; Reader 1997-2011; Professor 2011-present. Currently Deputy Head of School and Director of Undergraduate Teaching
Research Interest
Research Interests are Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant-insect interactions, Expression of recombinant plant and insect proteins in microorganisms, Genetic engineering of plants for insect resistance, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, Plant biochemistry and molecular biology, Protein engineering.
Publications
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Yang, S., Pyati, P., Fitches, E. & Gatehouse, J.A. (2014). A recombinant fusion protein containing a spider toxin specific for the insect voltage-gated sodium ion channel shows oral toxicity towards insects of different orders. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 47: 1-11.
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Yang, S., Fitches, E., Pyati, P. & Gatehouse, J.A. (2015). Effect of insecticidal fusion proteins containing spider toxins targeting sodium and calcium ion channels on pyrethroid-resistant strains of peach-potato aphid (Myzus persicae). Pest Management Science 71(7): 951-956.
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Nakasu, Erich YT, Karamaouna, Filitsa, Partsinevelos, Georgios K, Abd El Halim, Hesham M, Fitches, Elaine C, Pyati, Prashant, Gatehouse, John A, Gatehouse, Angharad MR & Edwards, Martin G (2016). Sublethal effects of the insecticidal fusion protein ω-ACTX-Hv1a/GNA on the parasitoidEulophus pennicornisvia its hostLacanobia oleracea. Pest Management Science 72(3): 585-590.
