Marek Mentel

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Marek Mentel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marek Mentel has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Marek Mentel's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers). Marek Mentel is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers). Marek Mentel collaborates with scholars based in Slovakia, Germany and United States. Marek Mentel's co-authors include William Martin, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, Sven B. Gould, Katrin Henze, Mark van der Giezen, Jaap J. van Hellemond, Christian Woehle, Miklós Müller, Jure Piškur and Jørgen Stenderup and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Marek Mentel

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes
    2012 553 citations Miklós Müller, Marek Mentel et al. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marek Mentel Slovakia 12 658 303 134 133 128 21 1.1k
Katrin Henze Germany 23 1.4k 2.1× 497 1.6× 131 1.0× 79 0.6× 255 2.0× 34 1.9k
Ravindra Pushker Spain 8 827 1.3× 379 1.3× 87 0.6× 87 0.7× 291 2.3× 8 1.4k
Courtney W. Stairs Sweden 20 1.3k 1.9× 625 2.1× 67 0.5× 43 0.3× 146 1.1× 38 1.7k
Róbert Šuťák Czechia 22 981 1.5× 350 1.2× 202 1.5× 164 1.2× 178 1.4× 58 1.9k
Marco Gerdol Italy 30 920 1.4× 547 1.8× 45 0.3× 52 0.4× 156 1.2× 130 2.7k
Christian Woehle Germany 18 776 1.2× 485 1.6× 52 0.4× 42 0.3× 134 1.0× 31 1.4k
Wenyan Nong Hong Kong 20 581 0.9× 326 1.1× 72 0.5× 52 0.4× 184 1.4× 58 1.2k
Verena Zimorski Germany 16 832 1.3× 267 0.9× 39 0.3× 33 0.2× 152 1.2× 18 1.2k
Nan Lin China 22 2.0k 3.0× 281 0.9× 77 0.6× 101 0.8× 229 1.8× 80 2.6k
Carmen Rotte Germany 12 803 1.2× 194 0.6× 41 0.3× 47 0.4× 154 1.2× 14 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marek Mentel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marek Mentel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marek Mentel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marek Mentel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Marek Mentel. Marek Mentel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mrnjavac, Natalia, Michael Knopp, Marek Mentel, et al.. (2024). The radical impact of oxygen on prokaryotic evolution—enzyme inhibition first, uninhibited essential biosyntheses second, aerobic respiration third. FEBS Letters. 598(14). 1692–1714. 6 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2023). Yeast Bax Inhibitor (Bxi1p/Ybh3p) Is Not Required for the Action of Bcl-2 Family Proteins on Cell Viability. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 12011–12011. 3 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2021). Learning from Yeast about Mitochondrial Carriers. Microorganisms. 9(10). 2044–2044. 5 indexed citations
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Polčic, Peter & Marek Mentel. (2020). Reconstituting the Mammalian Apoptotic Switch in Yeast. Genes. 11(2). 145–145. 8 indexed citations
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Martin, William, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, & Marek Mentel. (2020). Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes. 14 indexed citations
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Martin, William, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, & Marek Mentel. (2020). Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes: Biochemistry and Evolution. 4 indexed citations
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Zimorski, Verena, Marek Mentel, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, & William Martin. (2019). Energy metabolism in anaerobic eukaryotes and Earth's late oxygenation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 140. 279–294. 41 indexed citations
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Esposti, Mauro Degli, Marek Mentel, William Martin, & Filipa L. Sousa. (2019). Oxygen Reductases in Alphaproteobacterial Genomes: Physiological Evolution From Low to High Oxygen Environments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 499–499. 34 indexed citations
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Martin, William, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, Marek Mentel, Sriram G. Garg, & Sven B. Gould. (2017). The Physiology of Phagocytosis in the Context of Mitochondrial Origin. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 81(3). 86 indexed citations
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Polčic, Peter, et al.. (2015). Yeast as a tool for studying proteins of the Bcl-2 family. Microbial Cell. 2(3). 74–87. 18 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2014). Of early animals, anaerobic mitochondria, and a modern sponge. BioEssays. 36(10). 924–932. 24 indexed citations
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Müller, Miklós, Marek Mentel, Jaap J. van Hellemond, et al.. (2012). Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 76(2). 444–495. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2011). BH3-only protein Bim inhibits activity of antiapoptotic members of Bcl-2 family when expressed in yeast. FEBS Letters. 585(17). 2709–2713. 10 indexed citations
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Bhatia‐Kiššová, Ingrid, et al.. (2011). Reconstitution of interactions of Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 M11 with Bcl-2 family proteins in yeast. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 407(4). 783–787. 9 indexed citations
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Poláková, Silvia, et al.. (2009). Formation of new chromosomes as a virulence mechanism in yeast Candida glabrata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(8). 2688–2693. 157 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek & William Martin. (2008). Energy metabolism among eukaryotic anaerobes in light of Proterozoic ocean chemistry. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 363(1504). 2717–2729. 60 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2006). Transfer of Genetic Material between Pathogenic and Food-Borne Yeasts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(7). 5122–5125. 12 indexed citations
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Mentel, Marek, et al.. (2005). Triplicate genes for mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers in the aerobic yeast Yarrowia lipolytica are regulated differentially in the absence of oxygen. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 273(1). 84–91. 6 indexed citations
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Neboháčová, Martina, Marek Mentel, Jozef Nosek, & Jordan Kolarov. (1999). Isolation and expression of the gene encoding mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) from the pathogenic yeastCandida parapsilosis. Yeast. 15(12). 1237–1242. 9 indexed citations

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