publications

1. Cheng, H-J and Flanagan, JG (1994) Identification and cloning of ELF-1, a developmentally expressed ligand for the Mek4 and Sek receptor tyrosine kinases. Cell 79: 157-168.

2. Cheng, H-J, Nakamoto, M, Bergemann, AD, and Flanagan, JG (1995) Complementary gradients in expression and binding of ELF-1 and Mek4 in development of the topographic retinotectal projection map. Cell 82: 371-381.

3. Nakamoto, M, Cheng, H-J, Friedman, GC, McLaughlin, T, Hansen, MJ, Yoon, C, O'Leary, DDM, and Flanagan, JG (1996) Topographically specific effects of ELF-1 on retinal axon guidance in vitro and retinal axon mapping in vivo. Cell 86: 755-766. (PDF)

4. Feldheim, DA, Vanderhaeghen, P, Hansen, MJ, Frisen, J, Lu, Q, Barbacid, M, and Flanagan, JG (1998) Topographic guidance labels in a sensory projection to the forebrain. Neuron 21: 1303-1313.  (PDF)

5. Flanagan, JG and Van Vactor, D (1998) Through the looking glass: axon guidance at the midline choice point. Cell 92: 429-432.  (PDF)

6. Flanagan, JG and Vanderhaeghen, P (1998) The ephrins and Eph receptors in neural development. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 21: 309-345. (PDF)

7. Flanagan, JG (1999) Life on the road. Nature 401: 747-8.

8. Feldheim, DA, Kim, YI, Bergemann, AD, Frisen, J, Barbacid, M, and Flanagan, JG (2000) Genetic analysis of ephrin-A2 and ephrin-A5 shows their requirement in multiple aspects of retinocollicular mapping. Neuron 25: 563-574. (PDF)

9. Flanagan, JG and Cheng, HJ (2000) Alkaline phosphatase fusion proteins for molecular characterization and cloning of ligands and receptors. Meth. Enzymol. 327: 198-210.

10. Flanagan, JG, Cheng, HJ, Feldheim, DA, Lu, Q, Hattori, M,  and Vanderhaeghen, P (2000) Alkaline phosphatase fusions of ligands or receptors as in situ probes for staining of cells, tissues and embryos. Meth. Enzymol. 327: 19-35.

11. Hattori, M, Osterfield, M, and Flanagan, JG (2000) Regulated cleavage of a contact-mediated axon repellent. Science 289: 1360-1365. (PDF)

12. Vanderhaeghen, P, Lu, Q, Prakash, N, Frisen, J, Walsh, CA, Frostig, RD, and Flanagan, JG (2000) A mapping label required for normal scale of body representation in the cortex. Nature Neuroscience 3: 358-365. (PDF)

13. Lu, Q, Sun, EE, Klein, RS, and Flanagan, JG (2001) Ephrin-B reverse signaling is mediated by a novel PDZ-RGS protein and selectively inhibits G-protein coupled chemoattraction. Cell 105: 69-79. (PDF)

14. Brittis, PA, Lu, Q, and Flanagan, JG (2002) Axonal protein synthesis provides a mechanism for localized regulation at an intermediate target. Cell 110: 223-35. (PDF)

15. Osterfield, M, Kirschner, MW, and Flanagan, JG (2003) Graded positional information: interpretation for both fate and guidance. Cell 113: 425-8. (PDF)