"Opossums" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length, including the scaly prehensile tail, and have an abdominal pouch in which the young are carried at birth.
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D009893
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.573.575
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2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Opossums" by people in Profiles.
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Ziermann JM, Boughner JC, Esteve-Altava B, Diogo R. Anatomical comparison across heads, fore- and hindlimbs in mammals using network models. J Anat. 2021 07; 239(1):12-31.
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Lesch BJ, Silber SJ, McCarrey JR, Page DC. Parallel evolution of male germline epigenetic poising and somatic development in animals. Nat Genet. 2016 08; 48(8):888-94.
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Long M, Li SX, Xiao JF, Wang J, Lozanoff S, Zhang ZG, Luft BJ, Johnson F. Kidney tubular-cell secretion of osteoblast growth factor is increased by kaempferol: a scientific basis for "the kidney controlling the bone" theory of Chinese medicine. Chin J Integr Med. 2014 Sep; 20(9):675-81.
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Namekawa SH, VandeBerg JL, McCarrey JR, Lee JT. Sex chromosome silencing in the marsupial male germ line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jun 05; 104(23):9730-5.
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Ding F, Patel C, Ratnam S, McCarrey JR, Chaillet JR. Conservation of Dnmt1o cytosine methyltransferase in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica. Genesis. 2003 Aug; 36(4):209-13.
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Chan J, Robinson ES, Yeh IT, McCarrey JR. Absence of ras gene mutations in UV-induced malignant melanomas correlates with a dermal origin of melanocytes in Monodelphis domestica. Cancer Lett. 2002 Oct 08; 184(1):73-80.
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Wang Z, Atencio J, Robinson ES, McCarrey JR. Ultraviolet B-induced melanoma in Monodelphis domestica occurs in the absence of alterations in the structure or expression of the p53 gene. Melanoma Res. 2001 Jun; 11(3):239-45.
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Chan J, Robinson ES, Atencio J, Wang Z, Kazianis S, Coletta LD, Nairn RS, McCarrey JR. Characterization of the CDKN2A and ARF genes in UV-induced melanocytic hyperplasias and melanomas of an opossum (Monodelphis domestica). Mol Carcinog. 2001 May; 31(1):16-26.
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Yudowski GA, Efendiev R, Pedemonte CH, Katz AI, Berggren PO, Bertorello AM. Phosphoinositide-3 kinase binds to a proline-rich motif in the Na+, K+-ATPase alpha subunit and regulates its trafficking. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jun 06; 97(12):6556-61.
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Phelix CF, Krause WJ. Tyrosine hydroxylase- and corticotropin releasing factor-immunoreactivity in the olfactory bulb of the opossum (Didelphis virgianina). Z Mikrosk Anat Forsch. 1990; 104(4):650-6.