Rosa Adroer was involved in several molecular genetics projects: Part of her work was devoted to the sequencing, and study of the evolution, structure and regulation of the protamine genes. However, one of her major activities was the study of the molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease. Her doctoral thesis (defended in 1997) was entitled "La enfermedad de Alzheimer: contribución a las causas genétiques y a los factores de riesgo genéticos" and was merited the extraordinary PhD price (Premio extraordinario de tesis) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.

Publications:

Adroer, R., Queralt, R., Ballabriga, J. and Oliva, R. (1992) Nucleotide sequence of the protamine P1 gene from the whale Orcinus orca predicts a unique N-terminal amino-acid motif Nucleic Acids Research 20, 609.

Queralt, R., Fàbregues-Boixar, O., Adroer, R., Gené, M., Gómez  Catalán, J., Huguet, E. and Oliva, R. (1993) Direct sequencing of the human protamine P1 gene and application in forensic medicine. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 38, 1491-1501.

Retief,J.D., Winkfein,R.J., Dixon,G.H., Adroer,R., Queralt,R., Ballabriga,J., Oliva, R. (1993) Evolution of protamine P1 genes in primates. Journal of Molecular Evolution 37, 426-434.

Queralt, R.,Adroer, R.,  Oliva, R., Retief, J., Winkfein, R.J. and Dixon, G.H. (1995) Evolution of Protamine 1 genes in mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40, 601-607.

Adroer R, Oliva R (1998) Nucleosome positioning in the rat protamine 1 gene in vivo and in vitro. Biochim Biophys Acta 1442, 252-260.

Adroer,R., Chartier Harlin,M.C., Crawford,F., Oliva R. (1992)
Improved direct sequencing of Alzheimer's amyloid protein precursor (APP) exons 16 and 17. Neuroscience Letters, Vol. 141, 69-71.

Adroer, R., López-Acedo, C., Oliva, R., Hardy, J. and Fidani, L. (1993) A novel silent variant at codon 711 and a variant at codon 708 of the APP sequence detected in Spanish Alzheimer and control cases. Neuroscience Letters 150, 33-34.

Adroer, R., Santacruz, P., Blesa, R., Secundí López-Pousa and Oliva, R. (1995) Apolipoprotein E4 allele (e4) frequency in Spanish Alzheimer and control cases. Neuroscience Letters 189, 182-186.

Blesa, R., Adroer, R., Santacruz, P., Ascaso, C., Tolosa, E. and Oliva, R. (1996) High apolipoprotein E e4 allele frequency in age related memory decline (ARMD) Annals of Neurology 39, 548-551.

Adroer R, López-Acedo C, Oliva R (1997) Conserved elements in the 5’ regulatory region of the amyloid precursor protein gene in primates. Neuroscience Letters 226, 203-206.

Gené M, Moreno P, Ezquerra M, Prat A, Huguet E, Adroer R, Oliva R (1997) Low apolipoprotein E4 allele frequency in the population of Catalonia (Spain) determined by PCR-RFLP and laser fluorescent sequencer. European Journal of Epidemiology 13, 841-843