Ing. Peter Kmeť

Job Position: PhD student - Laboratory of Molecular Genetics

Contact details

Phone: +420 38 777 5265
E-mail: peter.kmet@entu.cas.cz

Description

Comprehensive analysis and characterization of silk fibers in insects

Publications
Total found: 5 records
Kmeť P., Opelka J., Lopes T.B.F., Sehadová H., Šauman I., Žurovec M. (2025) Comprehensive Analysis of Keroplatus testaceus (Diptera) Silk Focused on Its Molecular and Mechanical Properties. In: Silk Proteins and the Transition to Biotechnologies (Gordon Research Conference), July 5-11, 2025. Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
Opelka J., Šerý M., Kmeť P., Rindoš M., Sehadová H., Žurovec M. (2025) Discovery of a Proline-Rich, Highly Regular Heavy Fibroin Chain with Unique Mechanical Properties in Leaf Roller Moths (Tortricidae). In: The 12th International Workshop on Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, July 6–12, 2025. Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolympari, Greece
Kmeť P., Lopes T.B.F., Opelka J., Sehadová H., Šauman I., Žurovec M. (2024) The unique protein composition and structural features of Keroplatus testaceus (Diptera) silk with insights into adhesion and mechanical properties. In: Symposium of the International Society of Endocytobiology, September 10-12, 2024. Bochum, Germany
Rouhová L., Podlahová Š., Kmeť P., Žurovec M., Sehadová H., Šauman I. (2024) A comprehensive gene expression analysis of the unique three-layered cocoon of the cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 171 : article number: 104152.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104152
Kmeť P., Kučerová L., Sehadová H., Wu C., Wu Y.-L., Žurovec M. (2023) Identification of silk components in the bombycoid moth Andraca theae (Endromidae) reveals three fibroin subunits resembling those of Bombycidae and Sphingidae. Journal of Insect Physiology 147 : article number: 104523.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104523

CONTACT

Biology Centre CAS
Institute of Entomology
Branišovská 1160/31
370 05 České Budějovice

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