SARJEET S. GILL CURRICULUM VITAE (Brief version) ACADEMIC ...

Curriculum vitae: Sarjeet S. GillUniversity of Califronia Riverside25. Chen, J.W., Aimanova, K., Martinez, C., Bravo, A., Soberon, M., Gill, S. S. 2009. Aedesaegypti cadherin serves as a putative receptor of the Cry11Aa toxin from Bacillusthuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Biochemical J. 424:191-200.26. Chen, J. W., Aimanova, K., Pan, S. Q, Gill, S. S. 2009. Identifications andcharacterization of Aedes aegypti aminopeptidase N as putative receptors of Bacillusthuringiensis Cry11A toxin. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 39:688-696..27. Fernandez-Luna MT, Lanz-Mendoza H, Gill SS, Bravo A, Soberon M, Miranda-Rios J.2010. An alpha-amylase is a novel receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensisCry4Ba and Cry11Aa toxins in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles albimanus(Diptera: Culicidae). Environ Microbiol. 12:746-5728. Pacheco, S., Gomez, I., Arenas, I., Saab, G., Rodríguez-Almazán, C., Gill, S. S., Bravo,A. and Soberon, M. 2009. Domain II loop 3 of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin isinvolved in a “ping pong” binding mechanism with Manduca sexta aminopetidase-N andcadherin receptors. J. Biol. Chem., 284:32750-32757.29. Cancino-Rodezno., A., Alexander, C., Villaseñor, R., Pacheco, S., Porta, H., Pauchet, Y.,Soberón, M., Gill, S.S. and Bravo, A. 2010. The mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 isinvolved in insect defense against Cry toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis. Insect Biochem.Mol. Biol. 40:58-63.30. Likitvivatanavong, S., Chen, J., Bravo, A., Soberon, M., Gill, S. S. 2011. Cadherin,alkaline phosphatase, and aminopeptidase N as receptors of Cry11Ba roxin fromBacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan in Aedes aegypti. Appl. Environ. Microbiol 77:24–31.31. Rodriguez-Almazan, C., Ruiz de Escudero, I., Canton, P.C., Munoz-Garay, C, Perez, C.,Gill, S.S., Soberon, M. and Bravo, A. 2011. The Amino- and Carboxyl-TerminalFragments of the Bacillus thuringensis Cyt1Aa Toxin Have Differential Roles in ToxinOligomerization and Pore Formation. Biochem. 50, 388–396.32. Likitvivatanavong, S., Chen, J., Bravo, A., Soberon, M., and Gill, S. S. 2011. MultipleReceptors as Targets of Cry Toxins in Mosquitoes, J. Agric. Fd. Chem, 59:2829-38.33. Bravo, A., Likitvivatanavong, S., Gill, S. S., and Soberón, M. 2011. Bacillusthuringiensis: A story of a successful bioinsecticide. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 41:423-31.34. Campbell, C.L, Lehmann, C. J, Gill, S. S, Dunn, W. A, James, A. A, and Foy, B. D.2011. A role for endosomal proteins in alphavirus dissemination in mosquitoes. Ins. MolBiol. 20:429-436.Current Grant Support:UCR/AES/RACResearch supported by a grant from the NIH/NIAID and5