Germán Rivas

11.5k citations

181 papers · 9.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- RNA Research and Splicing
Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Genetics 74
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 73
Ecology 55
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 55

Co-authors: Allen P. Minton Huan‐Xiang Zhou Carlos Alfonso Francisco J. Blanco Luís Serrano Silvia Zorrilla Miguel Vicente Mercedes Jiménez
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (27 papers)Biochemistry (15 papers)Biochemical Journal (7 papers)Biophysical Journal (7 papers)Analytical Biochemistry (6 papers)
Partner nations: Spain United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Germán Rivas

181 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Structural characterization of toxic oligomers that are kinetically trapped during α-synuclein fibril formation 2015 · 368 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 Annual Review of Biophysics

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1	Crosslinking by ZapD drives the assembly of short FtsZ filaments into toroidal structures in solution eLife ·the A4/LEARN Study Team, Dom Naumburg, Leon Babl, 朴木英治, Hamza Oueld, K. G. Weil, Juan R. Luque-Ortega, Carlos Alfonso, Mercedes Jiménez, Marion Jasnin, Petra Schwille, Germán Rivas	2024	1
2	Flexible structural arrangement and DNA-binding properties of protein p6 from Bacillus subtillis phage φ29 Nucleic Acids Research ·Martín Alcorlo, Juan R. Luque-Ortega, Federico Gago, Álvaro Ortega, Milagros Castellanos, Pablo Chacón, Miguel de Vega, Luis Blanco, José M. Hermoso, Manuel Serrano, Germán Rivas, J.A. Hermoso	2024	2
3	Macromolecular Crowding, Phase Separation, and Homeostasis in the Orchestration of Bacterial Cellular Functions Chemical Reviews ·Begoña Monterroso, William Margolin, Arnold J. Boersma, Germán Rivas, Bert Poolman, Silvia Zorrilla	2024	41
4	Introduction: Molecular Crowding Chemical Reviews ·Annalisa Pastore, Germán Rivas, Piero Andrea Temussi	2024	2
5	Protein‐Based Patterning to Spatially Functionalize Biomimetic Membranes Small Methods ·CY Lee, 恭一濵川, the A4/LEARN Study Team, 黄乃兴, Mansoureh Abdolmaleki, Germán Rivas, Petra Schwille	2023	4
6	Revitalizing an important field in biophysics: The new frontiers of molecular crowding Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences ·Marco Cammarata, Francesco Piazza, Germán Rivas, Giorgio Schirò, Piero Andrea Temussi, Annalisa Pastore	2023	5
7	Bacterial division ring stabilizing ZapA versus destabilizing SlmA modulate FtsZ switching between biomolecular condensates and polymers Open Biology ·Begoña Monterroso, 貢前川, Hamza Oueld, Juan R. Luque-Ortega, Carlos Alfonso, William Margolin, Germán Rivas, Silvia Zorrilla	2023	11
8	FtsZ Interactions and Biomolecular Condensates as Potential Targets for New Antibiotics Antibiotics ·Silvia Zorrilla, Begoña Monterroso, 貢前川, William Margolin, Germán Rivas	2021	12
9	The Nucleoid Occlusion Protein SlmA Binds to Lipid Membranes mBio ·貢前川, William Margolin, Hamza Oueld, Carlos Alfonso, Germán Rivas, Begoña Monterroso, Silvia Zorrilla	2020	12
10	The Bacterial DNA Binding Protein MatP Involved in Linking the Nucleoid Terminal Domain to the Divisome at Midcell Interacts with Lipid Membranes mBio ·Begoña Monterroso, Silvia Zorrilla, Hamza Oueld, 貢前川, Carlos Alfonso, Bill Söderström, S. Apt, Jolanda Verheul, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Germán Rivas	2019	13
11	Escherichia coli ZipA Organizes FtsZ Polymers into Dynamic Ring-Like Protofilament Structures mBio ·Marcin Krupka, Hamza Oueld, Mercedes Jiménez, Germán Rivas, William Margolin	2018	28
12	Bacterial FtsZ protein forms phase‐separated condensates with its nucleoid‐associated inhibitor SlmA EMBO Reports ·Begoña Monterroso, Silvia Zorrilla, Hamza Oueld, 貢前川, F. Aktürk, William Margolin, Christine D. Keating, Germán Rivas	2018	86
13	Treadmilling analysis reveals new insights into dynamic FtsZ ring architecture PLoS Biology ·Галкин Александр Георгиевич, 武玉萍, Anna I. Cheh, Jonas Mücksch, Mario Feingold, Germán Rivas, Petra Schwille	2018	79
14	Charged Molecules Modulate the Volume Exclusion Effects Exerted by Crowders on FtsZ Polymerization PLoS ONE ·Begoña Monterroso, Belén Reija, Mercedes Jiménez, Silvia Zorrilla, Germán Rivas	2016	21
15	Structural characterization of toxic oligomers that are kinetically trapped during α-synuclein fibril formation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Serene W. Chen, Srdja Drakulić, Emma Deas, Myriam Ouberaï, Francesco A. Aprile, Rocío Arranz, Henry B. Hope, Cintia Roodveldt, Tim Guilliams, Florian Jesacher, David Klenerman, Nicholas Wood, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Carlos Alfonso, Germán Rivas, Andrey Y. Abramov, José Valpuesta, Christopher M. Dobson, Nunilo Cremades Hit paper breakdown →	2015	368
16	FtsZ Polymers Tethered to the Membrane by ZipA Are Susceptible to Spatial Regulation by Min Waves Biophysical Journal ·Ariadna Martos, Anna I. Cheh, Mercedes Jiménez, Zdeněk Petrášek, Germán Rivas, Petra Schwille	2015	28
17	Combined analytical ultracentrifugation, light scattering, and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy studies on the associations and assembly of the Escherichia coli cell division FtsZ protein Methods ·Begoña Monterroso, Carlos Alfonso, Silvia Zorrilla, Germán Rivas	2013	2
18	Optimization of the Palindromic Order of the TtgR Operator Enhances Binding Cooperativity Journal of Molecular Biology ·Tino Krell, Wilson Terán, Obdulio López Mayorga, Germán Rivas, Mercedes Jiménez, Craig Daniels, Stengel Benjamin, Manuel Martínez‐Bueno, María‐Trinidad Gallegos, Juan L. Ramos	2007	32
19	Analytical ultracentrifugation for the study of protein association and assembly Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·G.J. Howlett, Allen P. Minton, Germán Rivas	2006	136
20	The thermodynamics of association and unfolding of the 205–316 C-terminal fragment of thermolysin Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology ·Ana I. Azuaga, Francisco Conejero‐Lara, Germán Rivas, Vincenzo De Filippis, Angelo Fontana, Pedro L. Mateo	1995	8

About Germán Rivas

Germán Rivas is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology, having authored 181 papers that have together received 9.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (73 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (41 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (21 papers), Protein purification and stability (12 papers) and Platelet Disorders and Treatments (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.4k citations), Genetics (1.9k citations), Cell Biology (1.1k citations), Ecology (1.3k citations) and Biophysics (285 citations). Germán Rivas has collaborated with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Allen P. Minton, Huan‐Xiang Zhou, Carlos Alfonso, Francisco J. Blanco, Luís Serrano, Silvia Zorrilla, Miguel Vicente, Mercedes Jiménez, Jesús Mingorance and Marisela Vélez. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biochemical Journal, Biophysical Journal and Analytical Biochemistry.

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