"Acanthamoeba castellanii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of free-living soil amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae. It can cause ENCEPHALITIS and KERATITIS in humans.
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D048248
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.075.080.150
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba castellanii" by people in Profiles.
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Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling. Genome Biol. 2013 Feb 01; 14(2):R11.
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Cyclic diguanylate signaling proteins control intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila. mBio. 2011 Jan 11; 2(1):e00316-10.
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ArgR-regulated genes are derepressed in the Legionella-containing vacuole. J Bacteriol. 2010 Sep; 192(17):4504-16.
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The amoebae plate test implicates a paralogue of lpxB in the interaction of Legionella pneumophila with Acanthamoeba castellanii. Microbiology (Reading). 2005 Jan; 151(Pt 1):167-182.