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Strížová, A.; Šmátralová, P.; Chovančíková, P.; Machala, Z.; Polčic, P. Defects in Mitochondrial Functions Affect the Survival of Yeast Cells Treated with Non-Thermal Plasma. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 9391. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119391

Mentel M, Illová M, Krajčovičová V, Kroupová G, Mannová Z, Chovančíková P, Polčic P. Yeast Bax Inhibitor (Bxi1p/Ybh3p) Is Not Required for the Action of Bcl-2 Family Proteins on Cell Viability. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 27;24(15):12011. doi: 10.3390/ijms241512011. PMID: 37569387; PMCID: PMC10419234

Polčic, P.; Machala, Z. Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma on Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2021, 22, 2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22052247

Martin WF, AGM Tielens, Mentel M. Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes: Biochemistry and Evolution; De Gruyter: Düsseldorf, Germany, 2021 (AAA01)

Mentel M, Chovančíková P, Zeman I, Polčic P. Learning from Yeast about Mitochondrial Carriers. Microorganisms. 2021 Sep 28;9(10):2044. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9102044. PMID: 34683364; PMCID: PMC8539049. (ADM05)

Mentel M, Chovančíková P, Zeman I, Polčic P. (2021) Learning from Yeast about Mitochondrial Carriers. Microorganisms. 9: 2044; doi:10.3390/microorganisms9102044

Polčic P, Machala Z. Effects of Non-Thermal Plasma on Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (2021) Int. J. Mol. Sci. 22: 2247; doi:10.3390/ijms22052247

Bhatia-Kissova, I.; Camougrand, N. Mitophagy in Yeast: Decades of Research. Cells 10: 3541; doi:10.3390/cells10123541

Polčic P,  Pakosová L,  Chovančíková P, Machala Z. (2018) Reactive cold plasma particles generate oxidative stress in yeast but do not trigger apoptosis. Can. J. Microbiol. 64: 367-375; doi:10.1139/cjm-2017-0753

Polčic P. (2018) Naming the Cycle: On the Etymology of the Citric Acid Cycle Intermediates.  J. Chem. Educ. 2018, 95, 10, 1894–1896; doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00059

Mentel M, Tielens AGM, Martin WF (2016) Animals, anoxic environments, and reasons to go deep. BMC Biol. 14:44.

Mentel M, Roettger M, Leys S, Tielens AGM, Martin WF (2014) Of early animals, anaerobic mitochondria, and a modern sponge. BioEssays 36(10):924-32.

Zimorski V, Major P, Yu R-Y, Hoffmann K, Pereira Brás X, Tucci S, Mentel M, Gould SB, Henze K, Martin WF (2012) Evolutionary significance of anaerobic energy metabolism in eukaryotes. J. Endocytobiosis Cell Res.  23:64-68.

Mentel, M. and Martin, W. (2010) Anaerobic animals from an ancient, anoxic ecological niche. BMC Biol. 8:32.

Martin, W. and Mentel, M. (2010) The Origin of Mitochondria. Nature Education 3(9):58

Poláková, S., Blume, C., Zárate, J.A., Mentel, M., Jørck-Ramberg, D., Stenderup, J. and Piskur J. (2009) Formation of new chromosomes as a virulence mechanism in yeast Candida glabrata. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(8):2688-93.

 Mentel,  M., Zimorski, V., Haferkamp, P., Martin, W. and Henze, K. (2008) Protein import into hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis involves both N-terminal and internal targeting signals: a case study of thioredoxin reductases. Eukaryot Cell. 7(10):1750-1757.

 Mentel,  M. and Martin, W. (2008) Energy metabolism among eukaryotic anaerobes in light of Proterozoic ocean chemistry. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 363(1504):2717-2729. Review.

 Mentel, M., Spirek, M., Jørck-Ramberg, D. and Piskur, J. (2006) Transfer of genetic material between pathogenic and food-borne yeasts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(7): 5122-5125.

Mentel, M., Piskur, J., Neuveglise, C., Rycovska, A., Cellengova, G. and Kolarov, J. (2005) Triplicate genes for mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers in the aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica are regulated differentially in the absence of oxygen. Mol. Genet. Genomics 273, 84-91.

Neboháčová, M., Mentel, M., Nosek, J. and Kolarov, J. (1999) Isolation and expression of the gene encoding mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) from the pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis. Yeast 15, 1237-1242.

Mentel M (2012) Energetický metabolizmus eukaryotov v kontexte meniacej sa biogeochémie Zeme. Súčasné problémy vo vyučovaní Chémie XVI. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Prírodovedecká fakulta, 32-47.

Mentel, M. (2001) ADP/ATP translokátor-jednoduchá funkcia, mnohostranné využitie. Biológia Ekológia Chémia 6, 28-32.

Polčic P, Mentel M. (2020) Reconstituting the Mammalian Apoptotic Switch in Yeast. Genes 11, 145; doi:10.3390/genes11020145

Degli Esposti M, Mentel M, Martin WF, Sousa FL. (2019) Oxygen reductases in alphaproteobacterial genomes: Physiological evolution from low to high oxygen environments. Front Microbiol. 10: 499.

Zimorski V, Mentel M, Tielens AGM, Martin WF. (2019) Energy metabolism in anaerobic eukaryotes and Earth's late oxygenation. Free Radic Biol Med. 140: 279-294.

Polčic P, Mentel M, Gavurníková G. & Bhatia-Kiššová I. (2017) To keep the host alive - the role of viral Bcl-2 proteins. Acta Virol. 63: 240-251.

Martin WF, Tielens AGM, Mentel M, Garg SG, Gould SB. (2017) The Physiology of Phagocytosis in the Context of Mitochondrial Origin. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 81: e00008-17.

Polčic P, Jaká P. & Mentel M. (2015) Yeast as a tool for studying proteins of the Bcl-2 family. Microbial Cell 2: 74-87.

Athané A, Buisson A, Challier M, Beaumatin F, Manon S, Bhatia-Kiššová I, Camougrand N. (2015) Insights into the relationship between the proteasome and autophagy in human and yeast cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 64: 167-173.

Gérecová G, Kopanicová J, Jaká P, Běhalová L, Juhásová B, Bhatia-Kiššová I, Forte M, Polčic P, Mentel M. (2013) BH3-only proteins Noxa, Bik, Bmf and Bid activate Bax and Bak indirectly when studied in yeast model. FEMS Yeast Research 13: 747-754.

Bhatia-Kiššová I, Camougrand N. (2013) Mitophagy is not induced by mitochondrial damage but plays a role in the regulation of cellular autophagic activity. Autophagy. 9: 1897-1899.

Müller M, Mentel M, van Hellemond JJ, Henze K, Woehle C, Gould SB, Yu RY, van der Giezen M, Tielens AG, Martin WF. (2012) Biochemistry and evolution of anaerobic energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 76: 444-495.

Juhásová B, Mentel M, Bhatia-Kiššová I, Zeman I, Kolarov J, Forte M & Polčic P (2011) BH3-only protein Bim inhibits activity of antiapoptotic members of Bcl-2 family when expressed in yeast. FEBS Letters 585: 2709-2713.

Juhásová B, Bhatia-Kiššová I, Polčicová K, Mentel M, Forte M & Polčic P (2011) Reconstitution of interactions of Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 M11 with Bcl-2 family proteins in yeast. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 407: 783-787.

Laco J, Zeman I, Pevala V, Polčic P & Kolarov J (2010) Adenine nucleotide transport via Sal1 carrier compensates for the essential function of mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier. FEMS Yeast Research 10: 290-296.