Trinidad JC and  Cohen JB (2004) "Neuregulin inhibits acetylcholine receptor aggregation in myotubes" Journal of Biological Chemistry (in press). abstract

Ziebell MR, Nirthanan S, Husain SS, Miller KW, and  Cohen JB (2004) "Identification of binding sites in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for [³H]azietomidate, a photoactivatable general anesthetic."  Journal of Biological Chemistry  279(17) 17640-17649. abstract

Chiara DC, Dangott LJ, Eckenhoff RG, and  Cohen JB (2003) "Identification of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor amino acids photolabeled by the volatile anesthetic halothane." Biochemistry 42(46) 13457-13467. abstract

Husain SS,  Ziebell MR, Ruesch D, Hong F, Arevalo E, Kosterlitz JA, Olsen RW, Forman SA, Cohen JB, and Miller KW (2003) 2-(3-Methyl-3H-diaziren-3-yl)ethyl 1-(1-phenylethyl)-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate: A Derivative of the Stereoselective General Anesthetic Etomidate for Photolabeling Ligand-Gated Ion Channels Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 46(7) 1257-1265. abstract  

Chiara DC, Trinidad JC, Wang D, Ziebell MR, Sullivan D, and  Cohen JB (2003) "Identification of amino acids in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist binding site and ion channel photolabeled by 4-[(3-trifluoromethyl)-3H-diazirin-3-yl]benzoylcholine, a novel photoaffinity antagonist" Biochemistry 42(2) 271-283. abstract

Sawyer GW, Chiara DC, Olsen RW, and  Cohen JB (2002) "Identification of the bovine gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha subunit residues photolabeled by the imidazobenzodiazepine [³H]Ro15-4513" Journal of Biological Chemistry   277(51) 50036-50045. abstract

Sullivan D, Chiara DC, and Cohen JB (2002) "Mapping the agonist binding site of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by cysteine scanning mutagenesis: antagonist footprint and secondary structure prediction." Molecular Pharmacology 61(2) 463-472. abstract

Bartoli M, Ramarao MK, & Cohen JB (2001) "Interaction of the Rapsyn RING-H2 domain with dystroglycan" Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(27) 24911-24917. abstract

Blanton MP, Lala AK, & Cohen JB (2001) "Identification and characterization of membrane-associated polypeptides in Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-rich membranes by hydrophobic photolabeling" Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1512(2) 215-224. abstract

Gallagher MJ, Chiara DC, & Cohen JB (2001) "Interactions Between 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-(m-[¹²⁵ I]iodophenyl)diazirine and Tetracaine, Phencyclidine, or Histrionicotoxin in the Torpedo Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ion Channel" Molecular Pharmacology 59(6) 1514-1522. abstract

Ramarao MK, Bianchetta MJ, Lanken J, & Cohen JB (2001) "Role of rapsyn tetratricopeptide repeat and coiled-coil domains in self-association and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor clustering" Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(10) 7475-7483. abstract

Xie Y & Cohen JB (2001) "Contributions of Torpedo Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor g Trp-55 and dTrp-57 to Agonist and Competitive Antagonist Function" Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(4) 2417-2426. abstract

Chiara DC, Kloczewiak MA, Addona GH, Yu J-A, Cohen JB, & Miller KW (2001) "Site of Resting State Inhibition of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor by a Hydrophobic Inhibitor" Biochemistry 40(1) 296-304. abstract

Trinidad JC, Fischbach GD, & Cohen JB (2000) "The Agrin/MuSK Signaling Pathway is Spatially Segregated from the Neuregulin/erbB Receptor Signaling Pathway at the Neuromuscular Junction." Journal of Neuroscience 20(23) 8762-8770. abstract

Pratt MB, Husain SS, Miller KW, & Cohen JB (2000) "Identification of Sites of Incorporation in the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor of a Photoactivatible General Anesthetic." Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(38) 29441-29451. abstract

Pratt MB, Pedersen SE, & Cohen JB (2000) "Identification of the Sites of Incorporation of [³ H]Ethidium Diazide within the Torpedo Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ion Channel." Biochemistry 39(37) 11452-11462. abstract

Wang D, Chiara DC, Xie Y, & Cohen JB (2000) "Probing the Structure of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor with 4-Benzoylbenzoylcholine, a Novel Photoaffinity Competitive Antagonist" Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(37) 28666-28674. abstract

Sullivan, DA & Cohen JB (2000) "Mapping the agonist binding site of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Orientation requirements for activation by covalent agonist." Journal of Biological Chemistry 275(17) 12651-12660. abstract

Husain SS, Forman SA, Kloczewiak MA, Addona GH, Olsen RW, Pratt MB, Cohen JB, & Miller KW (1999) "Synthesis and properties of 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-n-pentyldiazirine, a photoactivable general anesthetic" Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 42(17) 3300-3307. abstract

Gallagher MJ & Cohen JB (1999) "Identification of amino acids of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor contributing to the binding site for the noncompetitive antagonist [³H]tetracaine" Molecular Pharmacology 56(2) 300-307. abstract

Middleton RE, Strnad NP & Cohen JB (1999) "Photoaffinity labeling the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor with [³H]tetracaine, a nondesensitizing noncompetitive antagonist" Molecular Pharmacology 56(2) 290-299. abstract

Chiara DC, Xie Y, & Cohen JB (1999) "Structure of the agonist binding sites of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: affinity labeling and mutational analyses identify gTyr-111/ d Arg-113 as antagonist affinity determinants " Biochemistry 38(20) 6689-6698. abstract

Blanton MP, Xie Y, Dangott LJ, & Cohen JB (1999) "The steroid promegestone is a noncompetitive antagonist of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor which interacts with the lipid-protein interface" Molecular Pharmacology 55(2) 269-278. abstract

Lugovskoy AA, Maslennikov IV, Utkin YN, Tsetlin, VI, Cohen JB, & Arseniev AS (1998) "Spatial structure of the M3 transmembrane segment of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit" European Journal of Biochemistry255(2) 455-461. abstract

Blanton MP, Dangott LJ, Raja SK, Lala AK, & Cohen JB (1998) "Probing the structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ion channel with the uncharged photoactivable compound [³ H]diazofluorene" The Journal of Biological Chemistry273(15) 8659-8668. abstract

Ramarao MK & Cohen JB (1998) "Mechanism of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor cluster formation by rapsyn" The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95(7) 4007-4012. abstract

Chiara DC, Middleton RE, & Cohen JB (1998) "Identification of tryptophan 55 as the primary site of [ ³ H]nicotine photoincorporation in the g -subunit of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor." FEBS Letters 423(2) 223-226. abstract

Chiara DC & Cohen JB (1997) "Identification of amino acids contributing to high and low affinity d-tubocurarine sites in the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor." Journal of Biological Chemistry 272(52) 32940-32950. abstract

Sadoulet-Puccio HM, Khurana TS, Cohen JB , & Kunkel LM (1996) "Cloning and characterization of the human homologue of a dystrophin related phosphoprotein found at the Torpedo electric organ post-synaptic membrane." Human Molecular Genetics 5(4) 489-496. abstract

Salih E, Chishti SB, Vicedomine P, Cohen SG, Chiara DC, & Cohen JB (1994) "Active- site peptides of acetylcholinesterase of Electrophorus electricus: labelling of His-440 by 1-bromo-[2- ¹⁴C]pinacolone and Ser-200 by tritiated diisopropyl fluorophosphate." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1208(2) 324-331. abstract

Blanton MP & Cohen JB (1994) "Identifying the lipid-protein interface of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: secondary structure implications." Biochemistry 33(10) 2859-2872. abstract

Blanton MP, Li YM, Stimson ER, Maggio JE, & Cohen JB (1994) "Agonist-induced photoincorporation of a p-benzoylphenylalanine derivative of substance P into membrane-spanning region 2 of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor d subunit." Molecular Pharmacology 46(6) 1048-1055. abstract

Wagner KR, Cohen JB, & Huganir RL (1993) "The 87K postsynaptic membrane protein from Torpedo is a protein-tyrosine kinase substrate homologous to dystrophin." Neuron 10(3) 511-522. abstract

White BH & Cohen JB (1992) "Agonist-induced changes in the structure of the acetylcholine receptor M2 regions revealed by photoincorporation of an uncharged nicotinic noncompetitive antagonist." Journal of Biological Chemistry 267(22) 15770-15783. abstract

Pedersen SE, Sharp SD, Liu WS, & Cohen JB (1992) "Structure of the noncompetitive antagonist-binding site of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. [³ H]meproadifen mustard reacts selectively with a -subunit Glu-262." Journal of Biological Chemistry 267(15) 10489-10499. abstract