Beahm DL, Oshima A, Gaietta GM, Hand GM, Smock AE, Zucker SN, Toloue MM, Chandrasekhar A, Nicholson BJ, Sosinsky GE.
Mutation of a conserved threonine in the third transmembrane helix of alpha- and beta-connexins creates a dominant-negative closed gap junction channel.
J Biol Chem. 2006 Mar 24;281(12):7994-8009. Epub 2005 Dec 28.
PMID: 16407179

Chandrasekhar A, Merritt M, Huh SJ, Nicholson BJ, Zucker SN.
Connexin expression and cell coupling fail to reverse the v-src transformed growth characteristics of a Cx43-/- cell line.
Cell Commun Adhes. 2004 Mar-Aug;11(2-4):103-19.
PMID: 16194879 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sosinsky GE, Nicholson BJ.
Structural organization of gap junction channels.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005 Jun 10;1711(2):99-125. Epub 2005 Apr 19. Review.
PMID: 15925321 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Weber PA, Chang HC, Spaeth KE, Nitsche JM, Nicholson BJ.
The permeability of gap junction channels to probes of different size is dependent on connexin composition and permeant-pore affinities.
Biophys J. 2004 Aug;87(2):958-73.
PMID: 15298902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nitsche JM, Chang HC, Weber PA, Nicholson BJ.
A transient diffusion model yields unitary gap junctional permeabilities from images of cell-to-cell fluorescent dye transfer between Xenopus oocytes.
Biophys J. 2004 Apr;86(4):2058-77.
PMID: 15041648 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Skerrett IM, Di WL, Kasperek EM, Kelsell DP, Nicholson BJ.
Aberrant gating, but a normal expression pattern, underlies the recessive phenotype of the deafness mutant Connexin26M34T.
FASEB J. 2004 May;18(7):860-2. Epub 2004 Mar 19.
PMID: 15033936 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ.
Editorial, introduction and acknowledgements.
Cell Commun Adhes. 2003 Jul-Dec;10(4-6):167-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 14681010 [PubMed - in process]

Zhang ZQ, Hu Y, Wang BJ, Lin ZX, Naus CC, Nicholson BJ.
Effective asymmetry in gap junctional intercellular communication between populations of human normal lung fibroblasts and lung carcinoma cells.
Carcinogenesis. 2003 Dec 4 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 14656943 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Nicholson BJ.
Gap junctions - from cell to molecule.
J Cell Sci. 2003 Nov 15;116(Pt 22):4479-81. No abstract available.
PMID: 14576341 [PubMed - in process]

Zucker SN, Nicholson BJ.
Mutagenic approaches to modifying gap junction phenotype.
Curr Drug Targets. 2002 Dec;3(6):441-53. Review.
PMID: 12448696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Skerrett IM, Aronowitz J, Shin JH, Cymes G, Kasperek E, Cao FL, Nicholson BJ.
Identification of amino acid residues lining the pore of a gap junction channel.
J Cell Biol. 2002 Oct 28;159(2):349-60.
PMID: 12403817 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gong XQ, Nicholson BJ.
Size selectivity between gap junction channels composed of different connexins.
Cell Commun Adhes. 2001;8(4-6):187-92.
PMID: 12064586 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Skerrett M, Kasperek E, Cao FL, Shin JH, Aronowitz J, Ahmed S, Nicholson BJ.
Application of SCAM (substituted cysteine accessibility method) to gap junction intercellular channels.
Cell Commun Adhes. 2001;8(4-6):179-85.
PMID: 12064585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hand GM, Muller DJ, Nicholson BJ, Engel A, Sosinsky GE.
Isolation and characterization of gap junctions from tissue culture cells.
J Mol Biol. 2002 Jan 25;315(4):587-600.
PMID: 11812132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Skerrett IM, Merritt M, Zhou L, Zhu H, Cao F, Smith JF, Nicholson BJ.
Applying the Xenopus oocyte expression system to the analysis of gap junction proteins.
Methods Mol Biol. 2001;154:225-49. No abstract available.
PMID: 11218651 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Goldberg GS, Bechberger JF, Tajima Y, Merritt M, Omori Y, Gawinowicz MA, Narayanan R, Tan Y, Sanai Y, Yamasaki H, Naus CC, Tsuda H, Nicholson BJ.
Connexin43 suppresses MFG-E8 while inducing contact growth inhibition of glioma cells.
Cancer Res. 2000 Nov 1;60(21):6018-26.
PMID: 11085522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Dermietzel R, Kremer M, Paputsoglu G, Stang A, Skerrett IM, Gomes D, Srinivas M, Janssen-Bienhold U, Weiler R, Nicholson BJ, Bruzzone R, Spray DC.
Molecular and functional diversity of neural connexins in the retina.
J Neurosci. 2000 Nov 15;20(22):8331-43.
PMID: 11069940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ, Weber PA, Cao F, Chang H, Lampe P, Goldberg G.
The molecular basis of selective permeability of connexins is complex and includes both size and charge.
Braz J Med Biol Res. 2000 Apr;33(4):369-78. Review.
PMID: 10775301 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Suchyna TM, Nitsche JM, Chilton M, Harris AL, Veenstra RD, Nicholson BJ.
Different ionic selectivities for connexins 26 and 32 produce rectifying gap junction channels.
Biophys J. 1999 Dec;77(6):2968-87.
PMID: 10585920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Goldberg GS, Lampe PD, Nicholson BJ.
Selective transfer of endogenous metabolites through gap junctions composed of different connexins.
Nat Cell Biol. 1999 Nov;1(7):457-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 10559992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zhou L, Kasperek EM, Nicholson BJ.
Dissection of the molecular basis of pp60(v-src) induced gating of connexin 43 gap junction channels.
J Cell Biol. 1999 Mar 8;144(5):1033-45.
PMID: 10085299 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Foote CI, Zhou L, Zhu X, Nicholson BJ.
The pattern of disulfide linkages in the extracellular loop regions of connexin 32 suggests a model for the docking interface of gap junctions.
J Cell Biol. 1998 Mar 9;140(5):1187-97.
PMID: 9490731 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Goldberg GS, Lampe PD, Sheedy D, Stewart CC, Nicholson BJ, Naus CC.
Direct isolation and analysis of endogenous transjunctional ADP from Cx43 transfected C6 glioma cells.
Exp Cell Res. 1998 Feb 25;239(1):82-92.
PMID: 9511727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Cao F, Eckert R, Elfgang C, Nitsche JM, Snyder SA, H-ulser DF, Willecke K, Nicholson BJ.
A quantitative analysis of connexin-specific permeability differences of gap junctions expressed in HeLa transfectants and Xenopus oocytes.
J Cell Sci. 1998 Jan;111 ( Pt 1):31-43.
PMID: 9394010 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Dahl E, Manthey D, Chen Y, Schwarz HJ, Chang YS, Lalley PA, Nicholson BJ, Willecke K.
Molecular cloning and functional expression of mouse connexin-30,a gap junction gene highly expressed in adult brain and skin.
J Biol Chem. 1996 Jul 26;271(30):17903-10. Erratum in: J Biol Chem 1996 Oct 18;271(42):26444.
PMID: 8663509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Yeager M, Nicholson BJ.
Structure of gap junction intercellular channels.
Curr Opin Struct Biol. 1996 Apr;6(2):183-92. Review.
PMID: 8728651 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zhang JT, Chen M, Foote CI, Nicholson BJ.
Membrane integration of in vitro-translated gap junctional proteins: co- and post-translational mechanisms.
Mol Biol Cell. 1996 Mar;7(3):471-82.
PMID: 8868474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neveu MJ, Hully JR, Babcock KL, Vaughan J, Hertzberg EL, Nicholson BJ, Paul DL, Pitot HC.
Proliferation-associated differences in the spatial and temporal expression of gap junction genes in rat liver.
Hepatology. 1995 Jul;22(1):202-12.
PMID: 7601414 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neveu MJ, Sattler CA, Sattler GL, Hully JR, Hertzberg EL, Paul DL, Nicholson BJ, Pitot HC.
Differences in the expression of connexin genes in rat hepatomas in vivo and in vitro.
Mol Carcinog. 1994 Nov;11(3):145-54.
PMID: 7945803 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neveu MJ, Babcock KL, Hertzberg EL, Paul DL, Nicholson BJ, Pitot HC.
Colocalized alterations in connexin32 and cytochrome P450IIB1/2 by phenobarbital and related liver tumor promoters.
Cancer Res. 1994 Jun 15;54(12):3145-52.
PMID: 8205533 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

McNutt CM, Nicholson BJ, Lye SJ.
ACTH-induced preterm labour in the ewe is associated with increased mRNA and protein levels of myometrial gap junction protein, connexin-43.
J Endocrinol. 1994 May;141(2):195-202.
PMID: 8046290 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zhang JT, Nicholson BJ.
The topological structure of connexin 26 and its distribution compared to connexin 32 in hepatic gap junctions.
J Membr Biol. 1994 Apr;139(1):15-29.
PMID: 8071984 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neveu MJ, Hully JR, Babcock KL, Hertzberg EL, Nicholson BJ, Paul DL, Pitot HC.
Multiple mechanisms are responsible for altered expression of gap junction genes during oncogenesis in rat liver.
J Cell Sci. 1994 Jan;107 ( Pt 1):83-95.
PMID: 8175925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Suchyna TM, Xu LX, Gao F, Fourtner CR, Nicholson BJ.
Identification of a proline residue as a transduction element involved in voltage gating of gap junctions.
Nature. 1993 Oct 28;365(6449):847-9.
PMID: 8413670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lye SJ, Nicholson BJ, Mascarenhas M, MacKenzie L, Petrocelli T.
Increased expression of connexin-43 in the rat myometrium during labor is associated with an increase in the plasma estrogen:progesterone ratio.
Endocrinology. 1993 Jun;132(6):2380-6.
PMID: 8389279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Naus CC, Hearn S, Zhu D, Nicholson BJ, Shivers RR.
Ultrastructural analysis of gap junctions in C6 glioma cells transfected with connexin43 cDNA.
Exp Cell Res. 1993 May;206(1):72-84.
PMID: 8387023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

De Sousa PA, Valdimarsson G, Nicholson BJ, Kidder GM.
Connexin trafficking and the control of gap junction assembly in mouse preimplantation embryos.
Development. 1993 Apr;117(4):1355-67.
PMID: 8404537 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hennemann H, Dahl E, White JB, Schwarz HJ, Lalley PA, Chang S, Nicholson BJ, Willecke K.
Two gap junction genes, connexin 31.1 and 30.3, are closely linked on mouse chromosome 4 and preferentially expressed in skin.
J Biol Chem. 1992 Aug 25;267(24):17225-33.
PMID: 1512260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Stutenkemper R, Geisse S, Schwarz HJ, Look J, Traub O, Nicholson BJ, Willecke K.
The hepatocyte-specific phenotype of murine liver cells correlates with high expression of connexin32 and connexin26 but very low expression of connexin43.
Exp Cell Res. 1992 Jul;201(1):43-54.
PMID: 1319348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hennemann H, Suchyna T, Lichtenberg-Frate H, Jungbluth S, Dahl E, Schwarz J, Nicholson BJ, Willecke K.
Molecular cloning and functional expression of mouse connexin40, a second gap junction gene preferentially expressed in lung.
J Cell Biol. 1992 Jun;117(6):1299-310.
PMID: 1318884 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Barrio LC, Suchyna T, Bargiello T, Xu LX, Roginski RS, Bennett MV, Nicholson BJ.
Gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32 alone and in combination are differently affected by applied voltage.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 May 1;89(9):4220. No abstract available.
PMID: 1315057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Saez JC, Berthoud VM, Kadle R, Traub O, Nicholson BJ, Bennett MV, Dermietzel R.
Pinealocytes in rats: connexin identification and increase in coupling caused by norepinephrine.
Brain Res. 1991 Dec 24;568(1-2):265-75.
PMID: 1667618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Barrio LC, Suchyna T, Bargiello T, Xu LX, Roginski RS, Bennett MV, Nicholson BJ.
Gap junctions formed by connexins 26 and 32 alone and in combination are differently affected by applied voltage.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Oct 1;88(19):8410-4. Erratum in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 May 1;89(9):4220.
PMID: 1717979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Willecke K, Heynkes R, Dahl E, Stutenkemper R, Hennemann H, Jungbluth S, Suchyna T, Nicholson BJ.
Mouse connexin37: cloning and functional expression of a gap junction gene highly expressed in lung.
J Cell Biol. 1991 Sep;114(5):1049-57.
PMID: 1651942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kadle R, Zhang JT, Nicholson BJ.
Tissue-specific distribution of differentially phosphorylated forms of Cx43.
Mol Cell Biol. 1991 Jan;11(1):363-9.
PMID: 1846023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Rogers M, Berestecky JM, Hossain MZ, Guo HM, Kadle R, Nicholson BJ, Bertram JS.
Retinoid-enhanced gap junctional communication is achieved by increased levels of connexin 43 mRNA and protein.
Mol Carcinog. 1990;3(6):335-43.
PMID: 2177604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zhang JT, Nicholson BJ.
Sequence and tissue distribution of a second protein of hepatic gap junctions, Cx26, as deduced from its cDNA.
J Cell Biol. 1989 Dec;109(6 Pt 2):3391-401.
PMID: 2557354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Manjunath CK, Nicholson BJ, Teplow D, Hood L, Page E, Revel JP.
The cardiac gap junction protein (Mr 47,000) has a tissue-specific cytoplasmic domain of Mr 17,000 at its carboxy-terminus.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1987 Jan 15;142(1):228-34.
PMID: 3028402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ, Gros DB, Kent SB, Hood LE, Revel JP.
The Mr 28,000 gap junction proteins from rat heart and liver are different but related.
J Biol Chem. 1985 Jun 10;260(11):6514-7.
PMID: 2987225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Revel JP, Nicholson BJ, Yancey SB.
Chemistry of gap junctions.
Annu Rev Physiol. 1985;47:263-79. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 2986531 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Revel JP, Nicholson BJ, Yancey SB.
Molecular organization of gap junctions.
Fed Proc. 1984 Sep;43(12):2672-7.
PMID: 6468665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gros DB, Nicholson BJ, Revel JP.
Comparative analysis of the gap junction protein from rat heart and liver: is there a tissue specificity of gap junctions? Cell. 1983 Dec;35(2 Pt 1):539-49.

PMID: 6317197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Takemoto LJ, Hansen JS, Nicholson BJ, Hunkapiller M, Revel JP, Horwitz J.
Major intrinsic polypeptide of lens membrane. Biochemical and immunological characterization of the major cyanogen bromide fragment.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1983 Jun 10;731(2):267-74.
PMID: 6849923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ, Takemoto LJ, Hunkapiller MW, Hood LE, Revel JP.
Differences between liver gap junction protein and lens MIP 26 from rat: implications for tissue specificity of gap junctions.
Cell. 1983 Mar;32(3):967-78.
PMID: 6299583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ, Revel JP.
Gap junctions in liver: isolation, morphological analysis, and quantitation.
Methods Enzymol. 1983;98:519-37. No abstract available.
PMID: 6669061 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Revel JP, Nicholson BJ, Yancey SB.
Partial sequence and turnover of rat liver gap junction protein.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1982;46 Pt 2:633-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 6286218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nicholson BJ, Hunkapiller MW, Grim LB, Hood LE, Revel JP.
Rat liver gap junction protein: properties and partial sequence.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Dec;78(12):7594-8.
PMID: 6278482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Yancey SB, Nicholson BJ, Revel JP.
The dynamic state of liver gap junctions.
J Supramol Struct Cell Biochem. 1981;16(3):221-32.
PMID: 6273593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]