list of publications

Rodrigo GONZALEZ-ROMERO

PEER REVIEWED PAPERS

2013

Suarez-Ulloa V., Fernandez-Tajes J., Aguiar-Pulido V., Rivera-Casas C., Gonzalez-Romero R., Ausio J., Mendez J., Dorado J., and J.M. Eirin-Lopez. The CHROMEVALOA database: a resource for the evaluation of okadaic acid contamination in the marine environment based on the chromatin-associated transcriptome of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Marine Drugs 11:830-841. Mar. 2013. [PDF]

2012

Gonzalez-Romero R., Rivera-Casas C., Fernandez-Tajes J., Ausio J., Mendez J., and J.M. Eirin-Lopez. Chromatin specialization in bivalve molluscs: a leap forward for the evaluation of okadaic acid genotoxicity in the marine environment. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology 155:175-181. Mar. 2012. [PDF]

Gonzalez-Romero R., Rivera-Casas C., Frehlick L.J., Mendez J., Ausio J., and J.M. Eirin-Lopez. Histone H2A (H2A.X and H2A.Z) variants in molluscs: molecular characterization and potential implications for chromatin dynamics. PLoS ONE 7(1):e30006. Jan. 2012. [PDF]

2011

Gonzalez-Romero R., Ausio J., Mendez J., and J.M. Eirin-Lopez. El papel clave de las histonas. Investigacion y Ciencia (Scientific American, Spanish edition). Dec. 2011. [PDF]

2010

Gonzalez-Romero R., Rivera-Casas C., Ausio J., Mendez J., and J.M. Eirin-Lopez. Birth-and-death long-term evolution promotes histone H2B variant diversification in the male germinal line. Molecular Biology and Evolution 27:1802-1812. Aug. 2010. [PDF]

2009

Gonzalez-Romero, R., J. Ausio, J. Mendez, J. M. Eirin-Lopez. Histone genes of the razor clam Solen marginatus unveil new aspects of linker histone evolution in protostomes. Genome 52:597-607. Jul. 2009. [PDF]

Eirin-Lopez, J. M., R. Gonzalez-Romero, D. Dryhurst, T. Ishibashi, and J. Ausio. The evolutionary differentiation of two histone H2A.Z variants in chordates (H2A.Z-1 and H2A.Z-2) is mediated by a stepwise mutation process that affects three amino acid residues. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:31.   Feb. 2009. [PDF]

2008

Gonzalez-Romero, R., J. Ausio, J. Mendez, J. M. Eirin-Lopez. Early evolution of histone genes: prevalence of an 'orphon' H1 lineage in protostomes and birth-and-death process in the H2A family. Journal of Molecular Evolution 66:505-518. May. 2008. [PDF]

Gonzalez-Romero, R., J. Mendez, J. Ausio, J. M. Eirin-Lopez. Quickly evolving histones, nucleosome stability and chromatin folding: all about histone H2A.Bbd. Gene 413:1-7. Apr. 2008. [PDF]

BOOK CHAPTERS

2009

Eirin-Lopez, J. M., R. Gonzalez-Romero, D. Dryhurst,  J. Mendez, J. Ausio. 2009. Long-term evolution  of histone families: old notions and new insights into their mechanisms of diversification across eukaryotes, pp. 139-162 in Evolutionary Biology: Concept, Modeling and Application, edited by P. Pontarotti. Springer, Germany. [PDF]