Pomona College
Nguyen, M., J., Kwong, J. Chang, V.G. Gillet, R.M. Lee, and K.G. Johnson. 2016. The Extracellular and Cytoplasmic domains of Syndecan cooperate postsynaptically to promote synapse growth at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. PLOS One 11(3):e0151621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151621
Özkan E., R.A. Carrillo, C.L. Eastman, R. Weiszmann, D. Waghray, K.G. Johnson, K. Zinn, S.E. Celniker, K.C. Garcia . 2013. An Extracellular Interactome of Immunoglobulin and LRR Proteins Reveals Receptor-Ligand Networks. Cell 154(1):228-239
Vilinsky and K.G. Johnson. 2012. Electroretinograms in Drosophila: A robust and genetically accessible electrophysiological system for the undergraduate laboratory. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 11(1); A149-157
Smart, A.D. (’10), M.M. Course (’12), J. Rawson, S. Selleck, D. Van Vactor and K.G. Johnson. 2011. Heparan sulfate proteoglycan specificity during axon pathway formation in the Drosophila embryo. Developmental Neurobiology 71(7):608-618
Wright A.P., A.N. Fox, K.G. Johnson, and K. Zinn. 2010. Systematic Screening of Drosophila
Deficiency Mutations for Embryonic Phenotypes and Orphan Receptor Ligands. PLoS ONE 5(8):
e12288. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012288
Stryker, E. (’07) and K.G. Johnson. 2007. LAR, Liprin-alpha and the regulation of active
zone morphogenesis. Journal of Cell Science 120 (21):3723-3728.
Van Vactor, D., D.P. Wall and K.G. Johnson. 2006. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans and the emergence of neuronal connectivity. Curr Op. Neurobiology 16:40-51.
Johnson, K.G., A.P. Tenney, A. Ghose, A.M. Duckworth, M.E. Higashi, K. Parfitt, O. Marcu, T. Heslip, J.L. Marsh, J.G. Flanagan, T.L. Schwarz and D. Van Vactor. 2006. The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike bind the receptor phosphatase LAR and exert distinct effects on synaptic development. Neuron 49 (4): 517-531.
Postdoc:
Rawson, J.M., B. Dimitroff, K.G. Johnson, J.M. Rawson, X. Ge, D. Van Vactor and S.B. Selleck. 2005. The heparan sulfate proteoglycans Dally-like and Syndecan have distinct functions in axon guidance and visual system assembly in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 15:833-838.
Johnson, K.G., A. Ghose, E. Epstein, J. Lincecum, M. B. O’Connor and D. Van Vactor. 2003. Axonal heparan sulfate proteoglycans regulate the distribution and efficiency of the repellent Slit during midline axon guidance. Curr. Biol. 14:499-504.
Krueger, N.X., R.S. Reddy, K. Johnson, J. Bateman, N. Kaufmann, D. Scalice, D. Van Vactor and H. Saito. 2003. Functions of the ectodomain and cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase domains of the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase Dlar in vivo. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23:6909-6921.
Johnson, K.G., D. Van Vactor. 2003. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases in nervous system development. Physiological Reviews 83:1-24.
Graduate School:
Johnson, K.G., I.W. McKinnell, A.W. Stoker, and C.E. Holt. 2001. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases regulate retinal ganglion cell axon outgrowth in the developing Xenopus visual system. Journal of Neurobiology 49 (2):99-117.
Nakagawa, S., C. Brennan, K.G. Johnson, D. Shewan, W.A. Harris, and C.E. Holt. 2000. Ephrin-B regulates the ipsilateral routing of retinal axons at the optic chiasm. Neuron 25(3):599-610.
Johnson, K.G., C.E. Holt. 2000. Expression of CRYP-α, LAR, PTP-δ, and PTP-ρ in the developing Xenopus visual system. Mechanisms Of Development 92(2):291-294.
Johnson, K.G. and W.A. Harris. 2000. Connecting the eye with the brain: The formation of the retinotectal connection. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Vol. 31 (Ed. by M.E. Fini) Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-66719-9
Johnson, K.G., D. Shewan, and C.E. Holt. 1999. Visual system development in vertebrates. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (Article 789). Macmillan.
Riehl, R., K. Johnson, R. Bradley, G.B. Grunwald, E. Cornel, A. Lilienbaum, and C.E. Holt. 1996. Cadherin function is required for axon outgrowth in retinal ganglion cells in vivo. Neuron 17:837-848.