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Recent Publications (2009-2015):

Reviews:

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

2. 2.Mentel, M., Röttger, M., Leys, S., Tielens, A.G. & Martin, W.F.(2014) Of early animals, anaerobic mitochondria, and a modern sponge. Bioessays 36: 924-932.
   

3. 3.Müller, M., Mentel, M., van Hellemond, J.J., Henze, K., Woehle, C., Gould, S.B., Yu, R.Y., van der Giezen, M., Tielens, A.G., & Martin, W.F. (2012) Biochemistry and evolution of anaerobic energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 76: 444-495.
   

4. 4.Mentel, M. & Martin, W. (2010) The origin of mitochondria. Nature Education 3(9): 58.
   

Original Research Papers:

5. 5.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: 747-54.
   

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

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

8. 8.Polakova, S., Blume, C., Zarate, J.A., Mentel, M., Jorck-Ramberg, D., Stenderup, J. & Piskur J. (2009) Formation of new chromosomes as a virulence mechanism in yeast Candida glabrata. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  106(8):2688-2693.