1. Nicholson, B.J., Hunkapiller, M.W., Grim, L.B., Hood, L.E.,
and Revel, J.-P. "The rat liver gap junction protein: Properties
and partial sequence." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:7594-4598
(1981).
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)
Chapters
1.Revel, J.-P., Yancey, S.B., Meyer, D.J. and Nicholson, B.J. "Cell Junctions and intercellular communication". In Vitro 16: 1010-1017 (1981).
2.Revel, J-P., Nicholson, B.J. and Yancey, S.B. "Partial sequence and turnover of rat liver gap junction protein". Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 46: 633-637 (1982).
3.Nicholson, B.J., and Revel, J.-P. "Gap junctions in liver: Isolation, morphological analysis and quantitation." Methods in Enzymology 98:519-537 (1983).
4.Revel, J.-P., Nicholson, B.J. and Yancey, S.B. "Chemistry of gap junctions". Ann Rev. of Physiology 47: 263-279 (1985).
5.Nicholson, B.J. and Zhang, J-T. "Multiple protein components of a single gap junction: Cloning of a second hepatic gap junction protein (Mr 21,000)" in Gap Junctions: Modern Cell Biology, vol. 7 (E.L. Hertzberg and R.G. Johnson, eds.). Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, NY pp 207-220 (1988).
6.Willecke, K., Henneman, H., Herbers, K., Heynkes, R., Rozjek, G., Look, J., Stutenkemper, R., Traub, O., Winterhager, B., and Nicholson, B.J. "Molecular Heterogeneity of Gap Junctions in Different Mammalian Tissues" in Parallels in Cell to Cell Communication between Plasmadesmata and Gap Junctions (R.D. Robards et al., eds.) Springer, London (1989).
7.Nicholson, B.J., Suchyna, T., Xu, L.X., Hammernick, P., Cao, F.L., Fourtner, C., Barrio, L. and Bennett, M.V.L. "Divergent Properties of Different Connexins Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes" in Gap Junctions: Progress in Cell Research (Hall, J. & Zampighi, G., eds.) Elsevier Science Pub. (1993).
8.Yeager, M. and Nicholson, B.J. "Structure and Biochemistry of Gap Junctions" Curr. Opinions Struct. Biol. 6: 183-192 (1996).
9. Nicholson, B.J., Zhou, L., Cao, F.L., Zhu, H. and Chen, Y. "Diverse molecular mechanisms of gap junction channel gating." in Gap Junctions (Werner, R., ed.) IOS Press, Washington (1998).
10. Nicholson, B.J. Discussion contributions (incl. Figs on p. 35 and 268) to Novartis Foundation Symposium on Gap Junction Mediated Intercellular Signalling In Health And Disease (Cardew, G. ed.) Wiley and Sons, Cichetser, UK (1999)
11. Yeager, M. and Nicholson, B.J. "Structure and Biochemistry of Gap Junctions." in Gap Junctions (Hertzberg, E.L., ed.) Academic Press, N.Y. (in press).
12. Skerrett. I.M., Merritt, M., Zhou, L., Zhu, H., Cao, F.L., Smith, J.F. and Nicholson, B.J. "Applying the Xenopus oocyte system to the analysis of gap junction proteins" in Methods in Molecular Biology: Connexin Channels (Bruzzone, R. and Giaume, C., eds.) Humana Press, NJ (in press)
13. Skerrett, I.M., Smith, J.F. and Nicholson, B.J. "Mechanistic
differences between electrical and chemical gating of gap junctions."
in Gap Junctions - Molecular Basis of Cell Communication in
Health and Disease (Peracchia, C. ed.) Academic Press, CA (in
press).