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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Theron, J

BSc(Hons) MSc PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor

NRF Rating: C2

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Telephone number: 012 420 2994
Fax number: 012 420 3266
E-mail address: jacques.theron@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Molecular genetics of orbiviruses

Inactivation of bacterial genes to alter morphology

Construction and charactization of viral protein

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Stassen L, Huismans H, Theron J: 2011. Membrane permeabilization of the African horse sickness virus VP5 protein is mediated by two N terminal amphipathic x helices. Archives of Virology, 156, pp 711-715, Full Text

Maree FF, Blignaut B, Esterhuysen JJ, De Beer TAP, Theron J, O Neill HG, Rieder E: 2011. Preticting antigenic sites on the foot and mouth disease viru capsid of the South African Territories types using virus neutralization data. Journal of General Virology, 92, pp 2297-2309.

Blignaut B, Visser N, Theron J, Rieder E, Maree FF: 2011. Custom engineered chimeric foot-and-mouth disease vaccine elicits protective immune responses in pigs. Journal of General Virology, 92, pp 849-859, Full Text

Madoroba E, Steenkamp ET, Theron J, Scheirlinck I, Cloete TE, Huys G: 2011. Diversity and dynamics of bacterial populations during spontaneous sorghum fermentations used to produce ting a South African food. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34, pp 227-234, Full Text

 

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