"Dictyostelium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dictyostelium" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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Alsaffar N, Fang Y, Walters E. Thymoquinone effect on the Dictyostelium discoideum model correlates with functional roles for glutathione S-transferases in eukaryotic proliferation, chemotaxis, and development. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282399.
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Umachandran S, Mohamed W, Jayaraman M, Hyde G, Brazill D, Baskar R. A PKC that controls polyphosphate levels, pinocytosis and exocytosis, regulates stationary phase onset in Dictyostelium. J Cell Sci. 2022 05 01; 135(9).
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Asante-Asamani E, Grange D, Rawal D, Santiago Z, Loustau J, Brazill D. A role for myosin II clusters and membrane energy in cortex rupture for Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0265380.
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Brazill D, Knecht DA. Chemotaxis: Under Agarose Assay. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2364:327-338.
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Yamamoto T, Ozono M, Watanabe A, Maeda K, Nara A, Hashida M, Ido Y, Hiroshima Y, Yamada A, Terada H, Shinohara Y. Functional analysis of coiled-coil domains of MCU in mitochondrial calcium uptake. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg. 2019 12 01; 1860(12):148061.
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Santiago Z, Loustau J, Meretzky D, Rawal D, Brazill D. Advances in geometric techniques for analyzing blebbing in chemotaxing Dictyostelium cells. PLoS One. 2019; 14(2):e0211975.
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Singh S, Mohamed W, Aguessy A, Dyett E, Shah S, Khan M, Baskar R, Brazill D. Functional interaction of PkcA and PldB regulate aggregation and development in Dictyostelium discoideum. Cell Signal. 2017 06; 34:47-54.
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Hao X, Li X, Pal C, Hobman J, Larsson DG, Saquib Q, Alwathnani HA, Rosen BP, Zhu YG, Rensing C. Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing. Biometals. 2017 04; 30(2):307-311.
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Kadam AA, Jubin T, Mir HA, Begum R. Potential role of Apoptosis Inducing Factor in evolutionarily significant eukaryote, Dictyostelium discoideum survival. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj. 2017 Jan; 1861(1 Pt A):2942-2955.
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Brazill D. Chemotaxis: Under Agarose Assay. Methods Mol Biol. 2016; 1365:339-46.