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PUBLICATIONS

Publications in peer reviewed journals (last 10 years)

R. Taylor, A Bullen, S.L. Johnson, E-M. Grimm-Günter, F. Rivero, W. Marcotti, A. Forge, N. Daudet. Absence of plastin 1 causes abnormal maintenance of hair cell stereocilia and a progressive form of hearing loss in mice. Human Molecular Genetics, 24:37-49 (2015).

 

J. Lutz, E-M. S. Grimm-Gunter, P. Jooshi, F. Rivero. Expression analysis of mouse Rhobtb3 using a LacZ reporter and preliminary characterization of a knockout strain. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 142:511-528 (2014).

 

K. Swaminathan, A. Muller-Taubenberger, J. Faix, F. Rivero, A.A. Noegel. A CRIB domain mediates functions of coronin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111:E25-33 (2014).

 

K. Plak, D. Veltman, F. Fusetti, J. Beeksma, F. Rivero, P.J.M van Haastert, A, Kortholt. GxcC connects Rap and Rac signaling during Dictyostelium development. BMC Cell Biology, 14:6 (2013).

 

C. Y. Chung, A. Feoktistov, R. J. Hollingworth, F. Rivero, N. S. Mandel. An attenuating role of a WASP-related protein, WASP-B, in the regulation of F-actin polymerization and pseudopod formation during Dictyostelium chemotaxis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 436:719-724 (2013).

 

C. Revenu, F. Ubelmann, I. Urbain, F. El Marjou, F. Dingli, D. Loew, D. Delacour, J. Gilet, E. Brot-Laroche, F. Rivero, D. Louvard, S. Robine. A new role for the architecture of microvillar actin bundles in apical retention of membrane proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23:324-336 (2012).

 

H. Sultana, G. Neelakanta, F. Rivero, R. Blau-Wasser, M. Schleicher, A.A. Noegel. Ectopic expression of cyclase associated protein CAP restores the streaming and aggregation defects of adenylyl cyclase ACA null cells in Dictyostelium discoideum. BMC Developmental Biology, 12:3 (2012).

 

N. K. Pakes, D. Veltman, F. Rivero, J. Nasir, R. Insall, R. S. B. Williams. The RacGEF ZizB regulates development, cell motility and cytokinesis in Dictyostelium. Journal of Cell Science, 125:2457-2465 (2012).

 

K. Schenková, J. Lutz, M. Kopp, S. Ramos, F. Rivero. MUF1/Leucine-Rich Repeat-Containing 41 (LRRC41), a substrate of RhoBTB-dependent cullin3 ubiquitin ligase complexes, is a predominantly nuclear dimeric protein. Journal of Molecular Biology, 422:659-673 (2012).

 

G. Vlahou, M. Eliaš, J-C. von Kleist-Retzow, R. J. Wiesner, F. Rivero. The Ras-related GTPase Miro is not required for mitochondrial transport in Dictyostelium discoideum. European Journal of Cell Biology, 90:342-355 (2011).

 

R. Sucgang, A. Kuo, X. Tian, W. Salerno, A. Parikh, C.L. Feasley, E. Dalin, H. Tu, E. Huang, K. Barry, E. Lindquist, H. Shapiro, D. Bruce, J. Schmutz, P. Fey, P. Gaudet, C. Anjard, M.B. Mohan, S. Basu, Y. Bushmanova, H. van der Wel, M. Katoh, P.M. Coutinho, T. Saito, M. Elias, P. Schaap, R.R. Kay, B. Henrissat, L. Eichinger, F. Rivero, N.H. Putnam, C.M. West, W.F. Loomis, R. Chisholm, G. Shaulsky, J.E. Strassmann, D.C. Queller, A. Kuspa, I. Grigoriev. Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum. Genome Biology, 12:R20 (2011).

 

H. Xiong, F. Rivero. Assaying Rho GTPase-dependent processes in Dictyostelium discoideum. Methods in Molecular Biology, 827:381-392 (2011).

 

A. Heidel, H. Lawal, M. Felder, C. Schilde, N. Helps, B. Tunggal, F. Rivero, U. John, M. Schleicher, L. Eichinger, M. Platzer, A.A. Noegel, P. Schaap, G. Glöckner. Phylogeny-wide analysis of social amoeba genomes highlights ancient origins for complex intercellular communication. Genome Research, 21:1882-1891 (2011).

 

F. Friedberg, F Rivero. Single and multiple CH (calponin homology) domain containing multidomain proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum: an inventory. Molecular Biology Reports, 37:2853-2862 (2010).

 

S. Mondal, B. Burgute, D. Rieger, R. Müller, F. Rivero, J. Faix, M. Schleicher, A.A. Noegel. Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by an interaction of IQGAP related protein GAPA with filamin and cortexillin I. PLoS ONE, 5:e15440 (2010).

 

K. Schenková, F. Rivero. RHOBTB1 (Rho-related BTB domain containing 1). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol.  13: 868-871 (2009).

 

K. Schenková, F. Rivero. RHOBTB2 (Rho-related BTB domain containing 2). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol.  13: 865-867 (2009).

 

E-M. S. Grimm-Günter, C. Revenu, S. Ramos, I. Hurbain, N. Smyth, E. Ferrary, D. Louvard, S. Robine, F. Rivero. Plastin 1 binds to keratin and is required for terminal web assembly in the intestinal epithelium. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 20:2549-2562 (2009).

 

G. Vlahou, O. Schmidt, B. Wagner, H. Uenlue, P. Dersch, F. Rivero, B. A. Weissenmayer. Yersinia outer protein YopE affects the actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium discoideum through targeting of multiple Rho family GTPases. BMC Microbiology, 9:138 (2009).

 

J. Berthold, K. Schenková, F. Rivero. Rho GTPases of the RhoBTB family and tumorigenesis. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 29, 285-404 (2008).

 

F. Rivero. Endocytosis and the actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium discoideum. International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology 267, 343-397 (2008).

 

H. Xiong, F. Rivero, U. Euteneuer, S. Mondal, S. Mana-Capelli, D. Larochelle, A. Vogel, B. Gassen, A. A. Noegel. Dictyostelium Sun-1 connects the centrosome to chromatin and ensures genome stability. Traffic 9, 708-724 (2008).

 

S. Mondal, D. Bakthavatsalam, P. Steimle, B. Gassen, F. Rivero, A.A. Noegel. Linking Ras to myosin function: RasGEF Q, a Dictyostelium exchange factor for RasB, affects myosin II function. Journal of Cell Biology 181, 747-760 (2008).

 

M. Menotta, A. Amicucci, G. Basili, E. Polidori, V. Stocchi, F. Rivero. Molecular and functional characterization of a Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor in the filamentous fungus Tuber borchii. BMC Microbiology 8, 57 (2008).

 

J. Berthold, K. Schenkova, S. Ramos, Y Miura, M. Furukawa, P. Aspenström, F. Rivero. Characterization of RhoBTB-dependent Cul3 ubiquitin ligase complexes – Evidence for an autoregulatory mechanism. Experimental Cell Research, 314:3453-3465 (2008).

 

H. Sultana, G. Neelakanta, L. Eichinger, F. Rivero, A.A Noegel. Microarray phenotyping places cyclase associated protein CAP at the crossroad of signaling pathways reorganizing the actin cytoskeleton in Dictyostelium. Experimental Cell Research, 315:127-140 (2008).

 

F. Rivero, F. Cvrčková. Origins and evolution of the actin cytoskeleton. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 607, 7-110 (2007).

 

M. Menotta, A. Amicucci, G. Basili, F. Rivero, E. Polidori, D. Sisti, V. Stocchi. Molecular characterisation of the small GTPase CDC42 in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber borchii Vittad. Protoplasma 231, 227-237 (2007).

 

B. Deenadayalan, D. Brazill, R.H. Gomer, L. Eichinger, F. Rivero, A A. Noegel. A G protein coupled receptor with a lipid kinase is involved in cell density sensing. Current Biology 17, 892-897 (2007).

 

 D. Haubert, N. Gharib, F. Rivero, K. Wiegmann, M. Krönke, H. Kashkar. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate restricted plasma membrane localization of FAN is required for TNF receptor-induced actin reorganization, filopodia formation and motility. The EMBO Journal, 26, 3308-3321 (2007).

 

S. Mondal, D. Neelamegan, F. Rivero, A. A. Noegel. GxcDD, a putative RacGEF, is important for Dictyostelium development. BMC Cell Biology 8,23 (2007).

 

D. M. Theisen, C. Pongratz, K Wiegmann, F. Rivero, O. Krut, M. Krönke. Targeting of HIV-1 Tat traffic and function by transduction-competent single chain antibodies. Vaccine 24, 3127-3136 (2006).

 

B. P. Somesh, C. Neffgen, M. Iijima, P. Devreotes, F. Rivero. Dictyostelium RacH regulates endocytic vesicular trafficking and is required for localization of vacuolin. Traffic 7, 1194-1212 (2006).

 

F. Rivero, M. Maniak. Quantitative and microscopic methods for studying the endocytic pathway. Methods in Molecular Biology 346, 423-438 (2006).

 

G. Vlahou, F. Rivero. Rho GTPase signaling in Dictyostelium discoideum: insights from the genome. European Journal of Cell Biology 85, 947-959 (2006).

 

B. P. Somesh, G. Vlahou, M Iijima, R. Insall, P. Devreotes, F. Rivero. RacG regulates morphology, phagocytosis and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium through novel signaling pathways. Eukaryotic Cell 5, 1648-1663 (2006).

 

J. W. Han, L. Leeper, F. Rivero, C. Y. Chung. Role of RacC for the regulation of WASP and PI3 kinase during chemotaxis of Dictyostelium. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 35224-35234 (2006).

 

M. de la Roche, A. Mahasneh, S.-F. Lee, F. Rivero, G. P. Côté. Cellular distribution and functions of wild-type and constitutively activated Dictyostelium PakB. Molecular Biology of the Cell 16, 238-247 (2005).

 

L. Eichinger, J. A. Pachebat, G. Glöckner, M.-A. Rajandream, R. Sucgang, M. Berriman, J. Song, R. Olsen, K. Szafranski, Q. Xu, B. Tunggal, S. Kummerfeld, M. Madera, B. A. Konfortov, F. Rivero, A. T. Bankier, R. Lehmann, N. Hamlin, R. Davies, P. Gaudet, P. Fey, K. Pilcher, G. Chen, D. Saunders, E. Sodergren, P. Davis, A. Kerhornou, X. Nie, N. Hall, C. Anjard, L. Hemphill, N. Bason, P. Farbrother, B. Desany, E. Just, T. Morio, R. Rost, C. Churcher, J. Cooper, S. Haydock, N. van Driessche, A. Cronin, I. Goodhead, D. Muzny, T. Mourie, A. Pain, M. Lu, D. Harper, R. Lindsay, H. Hauser, K. James, M. Quiles, M. B. Mohan, T. Saito, C. Buchrieser, A. Wardroper, M. Felder, M. Thangavelu, D. Johnson, A. Knights, H. Loulseged, K. Mungall, K. Oliver, C. Price, M.A. Quail, H. Urushihara, J. Hernandez, E. Rabbinowitsch, D. Steffen, M. Sanders, J. Ma, Y. Kohara, S. Sharp, M. Simmonds, S. Spiegler, A. Tivey, S. Sugano, B. White, D. Walker, J. Woodward, T. Winckler, Y. Tanaka, G. Shaulsky, M. Schleicher, G. Weinstock, A. Rosenthal, E.C. Cox, R. L. Chisholm, R. Gibbs, W. F. Loomis, M. Platzer, R. R. Kay, J. Williams, P. H. Dear, A. A. Noegel, B. Barrell, A. Kuspa. The genome of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Nature 435, 43-57, (2005).

 

F. Rivero, T. Muramoto, A-K. Meyer, H. Urushihara, T.Q.P. Uyeda, C Kitayama. A comparative sequence analysis reveals a common GBD/FH3-FH1-FH2-DAD architecture in formins from Dictyostelium, fungi and metazoa. BMC Genomics 6, 28 (2005).

 

H. Sultana, F. Rivero, R. Blau-Wasser, S. Schwager, A. Balbo, S. Bozzaro, M. Schleicher, A. A. Noegel. Cyclase-associated protein is essential for the functioning of the endo-lysosomal system and provides a link to the actin cytoskeleton. Traffic 6, 930-946 (2005).

 

C. Pikzack, R. Furukawa, J. Prassler, M. Fechheimer, F. Rivero. Role of calcium-dependent actin-bundling proteins: characterization of Dictyostelium mutants lacking fimbrin and the 34KDa protein. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 62, 210-231 (2005).

 

 

 

Chapters in books and online resources (last 10 years)

F. Rivero, L. Eichinger. The microfilament system of Dictyostelium discoideum. In: “Dictyostelium genomics”, edited by W. F. Loomis and A. Kuspa. Horizon Bioscience, Norfolk, 2005.

 

F. Rivero, H Xiong. Cytoskeleton. In: “Encyclopedia of cancer”, edited by M. Schwab. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2012, 2015. DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_1491-9.

 

M. Orlic-Milacic, F. Rivero. Rho GTPase effectors. Reactome (www.reactome.org). Release V52, March 2015. DOI: 10.3180/REACT_355444.1.

Edited books 

L. Eichinger, F. Rivero, editors. Dictyostelium discoideum Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 346, Humana Press, Totowa, 2006.

 

F. Rivero, editor. Rho GTPases: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 827. Humana Press, Totowa, 2011.

 

L. Eichinger, F. Rivero, editors. Dictyostelium discoideum Protocols II. Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, Totowa, 2013.

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