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

Nirthanan S, Gwee MC (2004) "Three-Finger alpha-Neurotoxins and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor, Forty Years On." J Pharmacol Sci. 94(1):1-17.  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

Nirthanan S, Charpantier E, Gopalakrishnakone P, Gwee MC, Khoo HE, Cheah LS, Kini MR, and Bertrand D (2003) "Neuromuscular effects of candoxin, a novel toxin from the venum of the Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus)" Br J Pharmacol 139(4) 832-844. abstract

Nirthanan S, Gopalakrishnakone P, Gwee MC, Khoo HE, and Kini MR (2003) "Non-conventional toxins from Elapid venom" Toxincon 41(4) 397-407. abstract

Paaventhan P, Joseph JS, Nirthanan S, Rajaseger G, Gopalakrishnakone P, Kini MR, and Kolatkar (2003) "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of candoxin, a novel reversible neurotoxin from the Malayan krait Bungarus candidus" Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 59 584-586. 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

Watanabe L, Nirthanan S, Rajaseger G, Polikarpov I, Kini RM, Arni RK (2002) "Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of bucain, a novel toxin from the Malayan krait Bungarus candidus" Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 58 1879-81. abstract

Gwee MC, Nirthanan S, Khoo HE, Gopalakrishnakone P, Kini RM, and Cheah LS (2002) "Autonomic effects of some scorpion venoms and toxins" Clinical Experimental Pharmacology Physiology 29(9) 795-801. abstract

Nirthanan S, Gao R, Gopalakrishnakone P, Gwee MC, Khoo HE, Cheah LS, and Manjunatha Kini R (2002) "Pharmacological characterization of mikatoxin, an alpha-neurotoxin isolated from the venom of the New-Guinean small-eyed snake Micropechis ikaheka" Toxicon 40(7) 863-871.  abstract

Nirthanan S, Charpantier E, Gopalakrishnakone P, Gwee MC, Khoo HE, Cheah LS, Bertrand D, and Kini RM (2002) "Candoxin, a novel toxin from Bungarus candidus, is a reversible antagonist of muscle (alphabetagammadelta ) but a poorly reversible antagonist of neuronal alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors" Journal of Biological Chemistry 277(20) 17811-17820.  abstract

Cheah LS, Gwee MC, and Nirthanan S (2002) "Characterization of the rat isolated retractor penis muscle as a model for the study of nitrergic transmission" Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology Methods 47(2) 79-85. 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

Nirthanan S, Joseph JS, Gopalakrishnakone P, Khoo HE, Cheah LS, and Gwee MC (2002) "Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of the venom of the black scorpion Heterometrus spinifer" Biochemical Pharmacology 63(1) 49-55. abstract

Torres AM, Kini RM, Selvanayagam N, Kuchel PW (2001) "NMR structure of bucandin, a neurotoxin from the venom of the Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus)" Biochemical Journal 360 539-48. abstract

Gallagher MJ, Chiara DC, and Cohen JB (2001) "Interactions Between 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-(m-[ ¹²⁵I]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, and 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

Srinivasan KN, Nirthanan S, Sasaki T, Sato K, Cheng B, Gwee MC, Kini RM, and Gopalakrishnakone P (2001) "Functional site of bukatoxin, an alpha-type sodium channel neurotoxin from the Chinese scorpion (Buthus martensi Karsch) venom: probable role of the (52)PDKVP(56) loop" FEBS Letters 494(3) 145-149. abstract

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

Wang, D, Chiara, DC, Xie, Y, and 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 and 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):12651-60 abstract

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

Chiara DC, Middleton RE, and Cohen JB (1998) "Identification of tryptophan 55 as the primary site of [3H]nicotine photoincorporation in the g -subunit of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor." FEBS Letters 423(2):223-6. abstract

Chiara DC and 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) :32940-50. abstract

Sullivan DA, Holmqvist MH, and Levitan IB (1997) "Characterization of gating and peptide block of mSlo, a cloned calcium-dependent potassium channel." Journal of Neurophysiology 78(6):2937-50. abstract

Salih E, Chishti SB, Vicedomine P, Cohen SG, Chiara DC, and 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) :324-31. abstract

Sacchettini, JC, Frazier, MW, Chiara DC , Banaszak, LJ, and Grant, GA (1988) "Amino Acid Sequence of Porcine Heart Fumarase." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 153 , 435-440. abstract