Pascale Romby - Selected Publications#

Selected publications and invited reviews during these last five years (out of total of 132 peer-reviewed papers and 25 book chapters (5600 citations, without self-citations, Web of Science; H-index 45)

1. Tomasini A, Moreau K, Chicher J, Geissmann T, Vandenesch F, Romby P*, Marzi S, Caldelari I*. The RNA targetome of Staphylococcus aureus non-coding RNA RsaA: impact on cell surface properties and defense mechanisms. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Jun 20;45(11):6746-6760. *corresponding authors. Application of the MAPS approach to identify sRNA targetome in Gram-positive bacteria.

2. Khusainov I, Vicens Q, Bochler A, Grosse F, Myasnikov A, Ménétret JF, Chicher J, Marzi S, Romby P, Yusupova G, Yusupov M, Hashem Y. Structure of the 70S ribosome from human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016 Dec 1;44(21):10491-10504.

3. Bronesky D, Wu Z, Marzi S, Walter P, Geissmann T, Moreau K, Vandenesch F, Caldelari I, Romby P. Staphylococcus aureus RNAIII and Its Regulon Link Quorum Sensing, Stress Responses, Metabolic Adaptation, and Regulation of Virulence Gene Expression. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2016 Sep 8;70:299-316. (invited review)

4. Wagner EG, Romby P. Small RNAs in bacteria and archaea: who they are, what they do, and how they do it. Adv Genet. 2015;90:133-208. (invited review)

5. Durand S, Braun F, Lioliou E, Romilly C, Helfer AC, Kuhn L, Quittot N, Nicolas P, Romby P*, Condon C*. A nitric oxide regulated small RNA controls expression of genes involved in redox homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet. 2015 Feb 2;11(2):e1004957. *corresponding authors. A small RNA regulating central metabolism pathway in B. subtilis and S. aureus in response to NO stress.

6. Durand S, Tomasini A, Braun F, Condon C, Romby P. sRNA and mRNA turnover in Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2015 May;39(3):316-30. A guide on the RNA degradation machineries in Gram-positive bacteria.

7. Nitzan M, Fechter P, Peer A, Altuvia Y, Bronesky D, Vandenesch F, Romby P, Biham O, Margalit H. A defense-offense multi-layered regulatory switch in a pathogenic bacterium. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Feb 18;43(3):1357-69.

8. Romilly C, Lays C, Tomasini A, Caldelari I, Benito Y, Hammann P, Geissmann T, Boisset S, Romby P*, Vandenesch F*. A non-coding RNA promotes bacterial persistence and decreases virulence by regulating a regulator in Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Mar 20;10(3):e1003979. * corresponding author. Demonstration of a small RNA regulating persistence/pathogenicity in S. aureus.

9. Sesto N, Touchon M, Andrade JM, Kondo J, Rocha EP, Arraiano CM, Archambaud C, Westhof É, Romby P*, Cossart P*. A PNPase dependent CRISPR System in Listeria. PLoS Genet. 2014 Jan;10(1):e1004065. *corresponding authors.

10. Duval M, Korepanov A, Fuchsbauer O, Fechter P, Haller A, Fabbretti A, Choulier L, Micura R, Klaholz BP, Romby P, Springer M, Marzi S. Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S1 unfolds structured mRNAs onto the ribosome for active translation initiation. PLoS Biol. 2013 Dec;11(12):e1001731. First demonstration of the action of S1 on the ribosome for the translation of structured mRNAs.