Karl G. Johnson

With D. Arizanovska and J. King. “Syndecan affects odor response as well as learning and memory in Drosophila melanogaster.”  American Journal of Undergraduate Research 15(1): 23-32, 2018.

With M. Nguyen, J., Kwong, J. Chang, V.G. Gillet, R.M. Lee. “The Extracellular and Cytoplasmic domains of Syndecan cooperate postsynaptically to promote synapse growth at the Drosophilaneuromuscular junction.” PLOS One 11(3):e0151621, 2016.

With E. Özkan, R.A. Carrillo, C.L. Eastman, R. Weiszmann, D. Waghray, K. Zinn, S.E. Celniker, K.C. Garcia. “An Extracellular Interactome of Immunoglobulin and LRR Proteins Reveals Receptor-Ligand Networks.” Cell 154(1):228-239, 2013.

With I. Vilinsky. “Electroretinograms in Drosophila: A robust and genetically accessible electrophysiological system for the undergraduate laboratory.”  Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 11(1); A149-157, . 2012.

With A.D. Smart, M.M. Course, J. Rawson, S. Selleck, D. Van Vactor. Heparan sulfate proteoglycan specificity during axon pathway formation in the Drosophila embryo. Developmental Neurobiology 71(7):608-618, 2011

With A.P. Wright, A.N. Fox, and K. Zinn. "Systematic screening of Drosophila deficiency mutations for embryonic phenotypes and orphan receptor ligands. PLoS ONE 5(8): e12288, 2010

With E. Stryker ('07), "LAR, liprin-alpha and the regulation of active zone morphogenesis, " Journal of Cell Science, 120: 3723-3728, 2007

With A.P. Tenney, A. Duckworth, K. Parfitt, O. Marcu, T. Heslip, J. L. Marsh, J.G. Flanagan and D. Van Vactor, "The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike bind the receptor phosphatase LAR and exert opposing effects on synapse growth," Neuron, 49(4): 517-531, 2006

With D. Van Vactor and D.P. Wahl, "Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and the emergence of neuronal connectivity, " Curr. Op. Neurobiology, 16(1): 40-51, 2006

With J.M. Rawson, B. Dimitroff, X. Ge, D. Van Vactor and S. B. Selleck, "The heparan sulfate proteoglycans Dallylike and Syndecan have distinct functions in axon guidance and visual system assembly in Drosophila," Current Biology, Vol. 15:833-838, May 10, 2005

With A. Ghose, E. Epstein, J. Lincecum, M. B. O'Connor and D. Van Vactor, "Axonal heparan sulfate proteoglycans regulate the distribution and efficiency of the repellent Slit during midline axon guidance," Current Biology, 14:499-504, 2004