Al Valaitis, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Al Valaitis. 2011. Localization of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A toxin-binding molecules in gypsy moth larval gut sections using fluorescence microscopy
• Al Valaitis. 2011. Histochemical study of lectin binding sites in fourth and fifth instar gypsy moth larval midgut epithelium
• Al Valaitis, John Podgwaite. 2011. Comparative analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin binding to gypsy moth, browntail moth, and douglas-fir tussock moth midgut tissue sections using fluorescence microscopy
• Daniel J. Krofcheck, Al Valaitis. 2010. Microimaging of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin-binding proteins in gypsy moth larval gut using confocal fluorescence microscopy
• Al Valaitis. 2009. Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal toxins induce shedding of GPI-anchored APN by activation of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C
• Al Valaitis. 2008. A simple, rapid, and sensitive assay for evaluating Bacillus thuringiensis strains for their insecticidal activity toward target insects
• Al Valaitis, Mary Ellen Kelly. 2008. Localization of the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin receptor in gypsy moth by immuno electron microscopy
• Al Valaitis. 2008. Bacillus thuringiensis pore-forming toxins trigger massive shedding of GPI-anchored aminopeptidase N from gypsy moth midgut epithelial cells
• Al Valaitis. 2007. Bacillus thuringiensis toxins trigger receptor shedding from gypsy moth midgut cells
• Al Valaitis, Karen J. Garner, Juan L. Jurat-Fuentes, Michael J. Adang. 2005. Investigating the Role of the Cadherin-like Protein from Gypsy Moth as a Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A Toxin Receptor [abstract]
• Al Valaitis. 2005. A Novel Elastase-like Protein from the Gypsy Moth is Involved in the Proteolytic Activation of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins [abstract]
• K.-Y. Lee, F. M. Horodyski, Al Valaitis, D. L. Denlinger. 2002. Molecular characterization of the insect immune protein hemolin and its high induction during embryonic diapause in the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
• Al Valaitis, Jeremy L. Jenkins, Mi Kyong Lee, Donald H. Dean, Karen J. Garner. 2001. Isolation and partial characterization of gypsy moth BTR-270, an anionic brush border membrane glycoconjugate that binds Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A toxins with high affinity
• Al Valaitis, Joan Jolliff. 1991. Isolation and characterization of juvenile hormone esterase from gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)

• North Carolina State University. 1982, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1982
• University of Illinois, M.S., Cell Biology, 1978
• University of Illinois, B.S., Biological Sciences, 1975