 Dictyostelium
"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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| Concept/Terms |
Dictyostelium discoideum- Dictyostelium discoideum
- Dictyostelium discoideums
- discoideum, Dictyostelium
- discoideums, Dictyostelium
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| 1980 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1986 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1993 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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Douglas TE, Kronforst MR, Queller DC, Strassmann JE. Genetic diversity in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum: population differentiation and cryptic species. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011 Sep; 60(3):455-62.
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Alam-Nazki A, Krishnan J. A mathematical modelling framework for understanding chemorepulsive signal transduction in Dictyostelium. J Theor Biol. 2010 Sep 07; 266(1):140-53.
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Mehdiabadi NJ, Kronforst MR, Queller DC, Strassmann JE. Phylogeography and sexual macrocyst formation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium giganteum. BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Jan 20; 10:17.
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Ren Y, Effler JC, Norstrom M, Luo T, Firtel RA, Iglesias PA, Rock RS, Robinson DN. Mechanosensing through cooperative interactions between myosin II and the actin crosslinker cortexillin I. Curr Biol. 2009 Sep 15; 19(17):1421-8.
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Hovel-Miner G, Pampou S, Faucher SP, Clarke M, Morozova I, Morozov P, Russo JJ, Shuman HA, Kalachikov S. SigmaS controls multiple pathways associated with intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila. J Bacteriol. 2009 Apr; 191(8):2461-73.
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Mehdiabadi NJ, Kronforst MR, Queller DC, Strassmann JE. Phylogeny, reproductive isolation and kin recognition in the social amoeba Dictyostelium purpureum. Evolution. 2009 Feb; 63(2):542-8.
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de Felipe KS, Glover RT, Charpentier X, Anderson OR, Reyes M, Pericone CD, Shuman HA. Legionella eukaryotic-like type IV substrates interfere with organelle trafficking. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Aug 01; 4(8):e1000117.
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Levi SK, Glick BS. GRASPing unconventional secretion. Cell. 2007 Aug 10; 130(3):407-9.
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Chen J, Reyes M, Clarke M, Shuman HA. Host cell-dependent secretion and translocation of the LepA and LepB effectors of Legionella pneumophila. Cell Microbiol. 2007 Jul; 9(7):1660-71.
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Krishnan J, Iglesias PA. A modelling framework describing the enzyme regulation of membrane lipids underlying gradient perception in Dictyostelium cells II: input-output analysis. J Theor Biol. 2005 Aug 21; 235(4):504-20.
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