"Dictyostelium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Its natural habitat is decaying forest leaves, where it feeds on bacteria. D. discoideum is the best-known species and is widely used in biomedical research.
| Descriptor ID |
D004023
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.550.200.300
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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Wang SY, Pollina EA, Wang IH, Pino LK, Bushnell HL, Takashima K, Fritsche C, Sabin G, Garcia BA, Greer PL, Greer EL. Role of epigenetics in unicellular to multicellular transition in Dictyostelium. Genome Biol. 2021 05 04; 22(1):134.
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Woodhead JL, Craig R. The mesa trail and the interacting heads motif of myosin II. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2020 02 15; 680:108228.
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Lee KH, Sulbar?n G, Yang S, Mun JY, Alamo L, Pinto A, Sato O, Ikebe M, Liu X, Korn ED, Sarsoza F, Bernstein SI, Padr?n R, Craig R. Interacting-heads motif has been conserved as a mechanism of myosin II inhibition since before the origin of animals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 02 27; 115(9):E1991-E2000.
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Palmieri SJ, Nebl T, Pope RK, Seastone DJ, Lee E, Hinchcliffe EH, Sluder G, Knecht D, Cardelli J, Luna EJ. Mutant Rac1B expression in Dictyostelium: effects on morphology, growth, endocytosis, development, and the actin cytoskeleton. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2000 Aug; 46(4):285-304.