2. Yancey, S.B., Nicholson, B.J., and Revel, J.-P. "The dynamic state of gap junctions." J. Supramolec. Struc. 16:221-232. (1981).
3. Nicholson, B.J., Takemoto, L.J., Hunkapiller, M.W., Hood, L.E., and Revel, J.-P. "Differences between the proteins of liver gap junctions and lens fiber junctions from rat: Implications for tissue specificity of gap junctions." Cell 32:967-978 (1983).
4. Gros, D.B., Nicholson, B.J., and Revel, J.-P. "Comparative analysis of the gap junction protein from rat heart and liver: Is there a tissue specificity of gap junctions?" Cell 35:539-549 (1983).
5. Nicholson, B.J., Gros, D.B., Kent, S.B., Hood, L.E., and Revel, J.-P. "The Mr 28,000 gap junction proteins from rat heart and liver are different but related". J. Biol. Chem. 260:6514-6517 (1985).
6. Manjunath, C.K., Nicholson, B.J., Teplow, D., Hood, L.E., Page, E., and Revel, J.-P. "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 Comm 142: 228-234 (1987).
7. Nicholson, B.J. Dermietzel, R., Teplow, D., Traub, O., Willecke, K. and Revel, J.-P. "Two homologous proteins of hepatic gap junctions." Nature 329:732-734 (1987).
8. Zhang, J.-T. and Nicholson, B.J. "Sequence and tissue distribution of a second protein of hepatic gap junctions, Cx26, as deduced from its cDNA". J. Cell Biol. 109:3391-3401 (1989).
9. Rogers, M., Berestecky, J.M., Hossain, M.Z., Guo, H., Kadle, R., Nicholson, B.J. and Bertram, J. "Retinoid-enhanced gap junctional communication is achieved by increased levels of connexin 43 mRNA and protein". Molecular Carcinogenesis 3: 335-343 (1990).
10. Kadle, R., Zhang, J.T., and Nicholson, B.J. "Tissue-specific distribution of differentially phosphorylated forms of Cx43". J. Mol. Cell Biol. 11: 363-369 (1991).
11. Willecke, K., Heynkes, R., Dahl, E., Stutenkemper, R., Hennemann, H., Jungbluth, S., Suchyna,T., and Nicholson, B.J. "Mouse connexin 37: cloning and functional expression of gap junction gene highly expressed in lung". J. Cell Biol. 114: 1049-1057 (1991).
12. Barrio, L.C., Suchyna, T., Bargiello, T., Xu, L.X., Roginski, R., Bennett, M.V.L. and Nicholson, B.J. "Gap junctions formed by connexin 26 and 32 along and in combination are differently affected by applied voltage". Proc Natl Acad Sci, USA 88: 8410-8414 (1991).
13. Saez, J.C., Berthoud, V.M., Kadle, R., Traub, O., Nicholson, B.J., Bennett, M.V.L. and Dermietzel, R. "Pinealocytes in rats: connexin identification and increase in coupling caused by norepinephrine". Brain Res. 568: 265-275 (1991).
14. Stutenkemper, R., Geisse, S., Look, J., Traub, O., Nicholson, B.J. and Willecke, K. "Expression of connexin 32,-26, and -43 genes are closely linked to hepatocyte specific phenotype". Exp. Cell Res. 201: 43-54 (1992).
15. Henneman, H., Suchyna, T., Jungbluth, S., Dahl, E., Nicholson, B.J. and Willecke, K. "Cloning and functional expression of a second connexin, Cx40, expressed highly in lung". J. Cell Biol. 117: 1299-1310 (1992).
16. Henneman, H., Kozjek, G., Dahl, E. Nicholson, B.J. and Willecke, K. "Molecular cloning of mouse connexins 26 and 32: similar genomic organization but distinct promoter sequences of two gap junction genes". Eur. J. Cell Biol. 58: 81-89 (1992).
17. Henneman, H., Dahl, E., White, J., Schwarz, H.J., Lalley, P., Nicholson, B.J. and 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. 267: 17225-17233 (1992).
18. Meda, P., Pepper, M., Traub, O., Willecke, K., Gros, D., Beyer, E., Nicholson, B.J. and Orci, L. "Differential Expression of Gap Junction Connexins in endocrine and exocrine glands". Endocrinology 133: 2371-2378 (1993).
19. Naus, C.C.G., Hearn, S., Zhu, D., Nicholson, B.J. and Shivers, R. "Ultrastructural Analysis of Gap Junctions in C6 Glioma Cells transfected with connexin 43 cDNA". Exp. Cell Res. 206:72-84 (1993).
20. Suchyna, T.M., Xu, L.X., Gao, F., Fourtner, C.R. and Nicholson, B.J. "Identification of a proline residue in M2 of Cx26 as an element involved in voltage gating of gap junctions". Nature 365: 847-849 (1993)
21. DeSousa,P.A., Valdimarsson,G., Nicholson,B.J. and Kidder,G.M."Connexin trafficking and the control of gap junction assembly in mouse preimplantation embryos". Development 117: 1355-1367 (1993).
22. Lye, S.J., Nicholson, B.J., Mascarenhas, M., MacKenzie, L. and Petrocelli, T. "Increased expression of connexin-43 in the rat myometrium during labour is associated with an increase in the plasma estrogen:progesterone ratio". Endocrinology 132: 380-386 (1993).
23. Neveu, M.J., Hully, J.R., Babcock, K.L., Hertzberg, E.C., Nicholson, B.J., Paul, D.L. and Pitot, H.C. "Multiple Mechanisms are Responsible for Altered Expression of Gap Junction Genes during Oncogenesis in Rat Liver". J. Cell Science 107: 83-95 (1994).
24. Neveu, M.J., Babcock, K.L., Hertzberg, E.C., Paul, D.L., Nicholson, B.J. and Pitot, H.C. "Colocalized Alterations in Connexin 32 and Cytochrome P450 IIB1/2 by Phenobarbital and Related Liver Tumor Promotors". Cancer Research 54: 3145-3152 (1994).
25. Neveu, M.J., Sattler, C.A., Sattler, G.L., Hully, J.R., Hertzberg, E.L., Paul, D.L., Nicholson, B.J. and Pitot, H.C. "Differences in the expression of connexin genes in rat hepatomas in vivo and in vitro." Molecular Carcinogenesis 11: 145-154 (1994).
26. McNutt, C.M., Nicholson, B.J. and Lye, S.J. "ACTH-induced preterm labor in the ewe is associated with increased transcripts and protein levels of myometrial gap junction protein, connexin-43". Endocrinology 141: 195-202 (1994).
27. Zhang, J-T. and Nicholson, B.J. "The topological structure of Cx26 and its distribution compared to Cx32 in hepatic gap junctions". J. Memb. Biol. 139: 15-29 (1994).
28. Neveu, M.J., Hully, J.R., Babcock, K.L., Vaughan, J., Hertzberg, E.C., Nicholson, B.J., Paul, D.L. and Pitot, H.C. "Proliferation-Associated Differences in the Spatial and Temporal Expression of Gap Junction Genes in Rat Liver". Hepatology 22: 202-212 (1995)
29. Zhang, J.T., Chen, M.A., Foote, C.I. and Nicholson, B.J. "Membrane integration of in vitro translated gap junctional protein: co- and post-translational mechanisms."Mol. Biol Cell 7: 471-482 (1996).
30. Dahl, E., Manthey, D., Chen, Y., Schwarz, J., Chang, Y.S., Lalley, P.A., Nicholson, B.J. and Willecke, K. " Mouse Cx30: molecular cloning and functional expression of a gap junction gene highly expressed in adult brain and skin." J. Biol. Chem. 271: 17903-17910(1996).
31. Cao, F.L., Eckert, R., Elfgang, C., Nitsche, J., Snyder, S., H|lser, D., Willecke, K., Nicholson, B.J. "A quantitative comparison of connexin-specific permeability differences of gap junctions to dyes of different charge." J. Cell Science 111: 31-43 (1998)
32. Foote, C.I., Zhou, L., Zhu, X. & Nicholson, B.J. "Pattern of disulfide linkages in the extracellular loop regions of connexin 32: a model of the docking interface of gap junctions." J. Cell Biol. 140: 1187-1197 (1998)
33. Goldberg, G.S., Lampe, P.D.,Sheedy, D., Stewart, C.C., Nicholson,B.J. & Naus,C.C.G. "Direct identification and analysis of transjunctional ADP from Cx43 transfected C6 glioma cells." Exp. Cell Res. 239: 82-92 (1998).
34. Zhou, L., Kasparek, E. and Nicholson, B.J. "Dissection of the Molecular basis of pp60 v-src induced gating of connexin gap junctions" J. Cell Biol. 144: 1033-1045 (1999).
35. 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. 77: 2968-87. (1999).
36. Goldberg, GS, Lampe, PD, and Nicholson, BJ. "Selective transfer of endogenous metabolites through gap junctions composed of different connexins". Nature-Cell Biology 1: 457-459 (1999).
37. 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. 33:369-78 (2000).
38. 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. 20:8331-43 (2000).
39. 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. 60:6018-26 (2000).
40. 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. 154:225-49 (2001).
41. 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. 8:179-85 (2001).
42. Gong XQ, Nicholson BJ. "Size selectivity between gap junction channels composed of different connexins." Cell Commun Adhes. 8:187-92 (2001).
43. Hand GM, Muller DJ, Nicholson BJ, Engel A, Sosinsky GE. "Isolation and characterization of gap junctions from tissue culture cells." J Mol Biol. 315:587-600 (2002).
44. 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. 159:349-60 (2002). {also highlighted in "In This Issue" by Alan Dove, p. 199}
45. Zucker SN, Nicholson BJ. "Mutagenic approaches to modifying gap junction phenotype." Curr Drug Targets. 3:441-53 (2002).
46. Nicholson BJ. "Gap junctions - from cell to molecule." J Cell Sci. 116:4479-81 (2003).
47. 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).
48. Nicholson BJ. Editorial, introduction and acknowledgements. Cell Commun Adhes. 10:167-8 (2003).
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