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Lee A. Bulla is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, immunology, insect science, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and microbiology. The main topics addressed in their research encompass insect resistance and genetics, insect and pesticide research, neurobiology and insect physiology, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, antimicrobial peptides and activities, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, as well as mast cells and histamine.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Functional and Structural Analysis of the Toxin-Binding Site of the Cadherin G-Protein-Coupled Receptor, BT-R1, for Cry1A Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis, 2022, Biochemistry
  • Cell death signaling in Anopheles gambiae initiated by Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4B toxin involves Na+/K+ ATPase, 2023, Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Commentary: Analyzing invertebrate bitopic cadherin G protein-coupled receptors that bind Cry toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis, 2024, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Biochemical features of the Cry4B toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and its interaction with BT-R3, a bitopic cadherin G-protein coupled receptor in Anopheles gambiae, 2024, PubMed
  • Biochemical Features of the Cry3A Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis and Its Toxicity to the Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta, 2025, Microorganisms

Frequent publication venues for Lee A. Bulla include:

  • Experimental Biology and Medicine
  • Biochemistry
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • PubMed
  • Microorganisms

They have collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Li Liu
  • Xander E. Wilcox
  • Andrew J. Fisher
  • Stefanie D. Boyd

Best Publications

  • A mechanism of cell death involving an adenylyl cyclase/PKA signaling pathway is induced by the Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis.

    Xuebin Zhang;Mehmet Candas;Natalya B. Griko;Ronald Taussig

  • Cloning and Expression of a Receptor for an Insecticidal Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis

    Ratna K. Vadlamudi;Eric Weber;Inhae Ji;Tae H. Ji

  • Bacillus thuringiensis: a genomics and proteomics perspective.

    Mohamed A. Ibrahim;Natalya Griko;Matthew Junker;Lee A. Bulla

  • The human erythrocyte proteome: analysis by ion trap mass spectrometry.

    David G. Kakhniashvili;Lee A. Bulla;Steven R. Goodman

  • A specific binding protein from Manduca sexta for the insecticidal toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. berliner.

    Ratna K. Vadlamudi;Tae H. Ji;Lee A. Bulla

  • Ultrastructure, Physiology, and Biochemistry of Bacillus Thuringiensis

    L. A. Bulla;D. B. Bechtel;K. J. Kramer;Y. I. Shethna

  • Cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin depends on specific binding of the toxin to the cadherin receptor BT-R1 expressed in insect cells.

    X. Zhang;M. Candas;N. B. Griko;L. Rose-Young

  • Characterization of the entomocidal parasporal crystal of Bacillus thuringiensis.

    L A Bulla;K J Kramer;L I Davidson

  • Electron Microscope Study of Sporulation and Parasporal Crystal Formation in Bacillus thuringiensis

    Donald B. Bechtel;Lee A. Bulla

  • Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Insecticides

    Lois K. Miller;A. J. Lingg;Lee A. Bulla

  • Cry1A toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis bind specifically to a region adjacent to the membrane-proximal extracellular domain of BT-R1 in Manduca sexta:: involvement of a cadherin in the entomopathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis

    J. A. Dorsch;M. Candas;N. B. Griko;W. S A Maaty

  • Comparative biochemistry of entomocidal parasporal crystals of selected Bacillus thuringiensis strains.

    D J Tyrell;L A Bulla;R E Andrews;K J Kramer

  • Physiology of sporeforming bacteria associated with insects: minimal nutritional requirements for growth, sporulation, and parasporal crystal formation of Bacillus thuringiensis

    K. W. Nickerson;L. A. Bulla

  • Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Alterations in the Indianmeal Moth Larval Gut Proteome

    Mehmet Candas;Olga Loseva;Brenda Oppert;Pradeepa Kosaraju

  • Bacteria as insect pathogens.

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  • Possible origin and function of the parasporal crystals in Bacillusthuringiensis

    D.P. Stahly;D.W. Dingman;L.A. Bulla;A.I. Aronson

  • Characterization of an extremely basic protein derived from granulosis virus nucleocapsids

    Kathleen A. Tweeten;Lee A. Bulla;Richard A. Consigli

  • Cloning and localization of the lepidopteran protoxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

    Gary A. Held;Lee A. Bulla;Eugenio Ferrari;James Hoch

  • Toxicity of parasporal crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitoes.

    D J Tyrell;L I Davidson;L A Bulla;W A Ramoska

  • Separation of the cytolytic and mosquitocidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.

    J.Michael Hurley;Sung G. Lee;Robert E. Andrews;Marc J. Klowden

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth W. Nickerson
Kenneth W. Nickerson University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Karl J. Kramer
Karl J. Kramer Kansas State University
James L. Van Etten
James L. Van Etten University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Arthur I. Aronson
Arthur I. Aronson Purdue University West Lafayette
Ratna K. Vadlamudi
Ratna K. Vadlamudi The University of Texas at Austin
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
Steven R. Goodman
Steven R. Goodman University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Joe M. McCord
Joe M. McCord University of Colorado Denver
Harlyn O. Halvorson
Harlyn O. Halvorson Brandeis University
James A. Hoch
James A. Hoch Scripps Research Institute

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