Dusanka Milenkovic

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Dusanka Milenkovic is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dusanka Milenkovic has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dusanka Milenkovic's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers). Dusanka Milenkovic is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (20 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers). Dusanka Milenkovic collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and France. Dusanka Milenkovic's co-authors include Nikolaus Pfanner, Agnieszka Chacińska, Carla M. Koehler, Trevor Lithgow, Nils‐Göran Larsson, Bernard Guiard, Chris Meisinger, Nils Wiedemann, Vera Kozjak‐Pavlovic and Judy Hirst and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dusanka Milenkovic

38 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Importing Mitochondrial Proteins: Machineries and Mechanisms

2009 1.1k citations Agnieszka Chacińska, Dusanka Milenkovic et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dusanka Milenkovic Germany	31	4.1k	1.1k	409	253	242	40	4.4k
Diana Stojanovski Australia	32	3.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	409 1.0×	406 1.6×	424 1.8×	58	4.1k
Joe Carroll United Kingdom	32	3.8k 0.9×	539 0.5×	309 0.8×	209 0.8×	129 0.5×	47	4.2k
Dejana Mokranjac Germany	33	3.5k 0.9×	632 0.6×	359 0.9×	166 0.7×	213 0.9×	54	3.7k
Jason A. Mears United States	22	2.3k 0.6×	591 0.5×	647 1.6×	272 1.1×	237 1.0×	49	2.7k
Kai Hell Germany	32	3.6k 0.9×	643 0.6×	478 1.2×	118 0.5×	188 0.8×	41	3.9k
Mindong Ren United States	31	3.2k 0.8×	559 0.5×	846 2.1×	422 1.7×	244 1.0×	50	3.8k
Aurélien Olichon France	21	2.7k 0.7×	681 0.6×	244 0.6×	244 1.0×	213 0.9×	32	3.0k
Michal Minczuk United Kingdom	48	5.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	138 0.3×	215 0.8×	266 1.1×	99	5.8k
Frédéric Catez France	26	2.9k 0.7×	336 0.3×	194 0.5×	203 0.8×	403 1.7×	38	3.4k
Christof Osman Germany	16	2.0k 0.5×	532 0.5×	463 1.1×	194 0.8×	289 1.2×	23	2.3k

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Zhang, Xiaoqun, Mara Mennuni, Dusanka Milenkovic, et al.. (2025). The CHCHD2-CHCHD10 protein complex is modulated by mitochondrial dysfunction and alters lipid homeostasis in the mouse brain. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 693–693.

Blau, K., Alexander J. Anderson, Catherine S. Palmer, et al.. (2024). CLPB disaggregase dysfunction impacts the functional integrity of the proteolytic SPY complex. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(3). 12 indexed citations

Milenkovic, Dusanka, Johannes F. Hevler, Injae Chung, et al.. (2023). Preserved respiratory chain capacity and physiology in mice with profoundly reduced levels of mitochondrial respirasomes. Cell Metabolism. 35(10). 1799–1813.e7. 33 indexed citations

Milenkovic, Dusanka, Xie Xie, Min Jiang, et al.. (2022). Mammalian RNase H1 directs RNA primer formation for mtDNA replication initiation and is also necessary for mtDNA replication completion. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(15). 8749–8766. 14 indexed citations

Milenkovic, Dusanka, Adrián Sanz‐Moreno, Julia Calzada‐Wack, et al.. (2022). Mice lacking the mitochondrial exonuclease MGME1 develop inflammatory kidney disease with glomerular dysfunction. PLoS Genetics. 18(5). e1010190–e1010190. 10 indexed citations

Sprenger, Hans‐Georg, Thomas MacVicar, Amir Bahat, et al.. (2021). Cellular pyrimidine imbalance triggers mitochondrial DNA–dependent innate immunity. Nature Metabolism. 3(5). 636–650. 97 indexed citations

Basu, Swaraj, Xie Xie, Jay P. Uhler, et al.. (2020). Accurate mapping of mitochondrial DNA deletions and duplications using deep sequencing. PLoS Genetics. 16(12). e1009242–e1009242. 43 indexed citations

Jiang, Shan, Camilla Koolmeister, Stefan J. Siira, et al.. (2019). TEFM regulates both transcription elongation and RNA processing in mitochondria. EMBO Reports. 20(6). 56 indexed citations

Matic, Stanka, Min Jiang, Thomas J. Nicholls, et al.. (2018). Mice lacking the mitochondrial exonuclease MGME1 accumulate mtDNA deletions without developing progeria. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1202–1202. 55 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Pérez, Rafael, Teresa Lobo‐Jarne, Dusanka Milenkovic, et al.. (2016). COX7A2L Is a Mitochondrial Complex III Binding Protein that Stabilizes the III2+IV Supercomplex without Affecting Respirasome Formation. Cell Reports. 16(9). 2387–2398. 84 indexed citations

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Rackham, Oliver, Jakob D. Busch, Stanka Matic, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical RNA Processing Is Required for Mitochondrial Ribosome Assembly. Cell Reports. 16(7). 1874–1890. 107 indexed citations

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Milenkovic, Dusanka, Sanja Matić, Inge Kühl, et al.. (2013). TWINKLE is an essential mitochondrial helicase required for synthesis of nascent D-loop strands and complete mtDNA replication. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(10). 1983–1993. 132 indexed citations

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Böttinger, Lena, Agnieszka Górnicka, Piotr Brągoszewski, et al.. (2012). In vivo evidence for cooperation of Mia40 and Erv1 in the oxidation of mitochondrial proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(20). 3957–3969. 42 indexed citations

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Milenkovic, Dusanka, Thomas Ramming, Judith M. Müller, et al.. (2009). Identification of the Signal Directing Tim9 and Tim10 into the Intermembrane Space of Mitochondria. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(10). 2530–2539. 138 indexed citations

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Stroud, David A., et al.. (2009). Two Modular Forms of the Mitochondrial Sorting and Assembly Machinery Are Involved in Biogenesis of α-Helical Outer Membrane Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 396(3). 540–549. 79 indexed citations

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Stojanovski, Diana, Dusanka Milenkovic, Kipros Gabriel, et al.. (2008). Mitochondrial protein import: precursor oxidation in a ternary complex with disulfide carrier and sulfhydryl oxidase. The Journal of Cell Biology. 183(2). 195–202. 69 indexed citations

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Stojanovski, Diana, Judith M. Müller, Dusanka Milenkovic, et al.. (2007). The MIA system for protein import into the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1783(4). 610–617. 50 indexed citations

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Müller, Judith M., Dusanka Milenkovic, Bernard Guiard, Nikolaus Pfanner, & Agnieszka Chacińska. (2007). Precursor Oxidation by Mia40 and Erv1 Promotes Vectorial Transport of Proteins into the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(1). 226–236. 70 indexed citations

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Milenkovic, Dusanka, Kipros Gabriel, Bernard Guiard, et al.. (2007). Biogenesis of the Essential Tim9–Tim10 Chaperone Complex of Mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(31). 22472–22480. 72 indexed citations

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Kozjak‐Pavlovic, Vera, Nils Wiedemann, Dusanka Milenkovic, et al.. (2003). An Essential Role of Sam50 in the Protein Sorting and Assembly Machinery of the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(49). 48520–48523. 265 indexed citations

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