"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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| 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 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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Constructing and Analyzing Computational Models of Cell Signaling with BioModelAnalyzer. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2020 03; 69(1):e95.
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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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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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Phylogeography and sexual macrocyst formation in the social amoeba Dictyostelium giganteum. BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Jan 20; 10:17.
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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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SigmaS controls multiple pathways associated with intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila. J Bacteriol. 2009 Apr; 191(8):2461-73.
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Phylogeny, reproductive isolation and kin recognition in the social amoeba Dictyostelium purpureum. Evolution. 2009 Feb; 63(2):542-8.
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Legionella eukaryotic-like type IV substrates interfere with organelle trafficking. PLoS Pathog. 2008 Aug 01; 4(8):e1000117.
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GRASPing unconventional secretion. Cell. 2007 Aug 10; 130(3):407-9.
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Host cell-dependent secretion and translocation of the LepA and LepB effectors of Legionella pneumophila. Cell Microbiol. 2007 Jul; 9(7):1660-71.