"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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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dictyostelium" by people in Profiles.
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The greenbeard gene tgrB1 regulates altruism and cheating in Dictyostelium discoideum. Nat Commun. 2024 May 11; 15(1):3984.
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Cyclic AMP is dispensable for allorecognition in Dictyostelium cells overexpressing PKA-C. J Cell Sci. 2021 07 15; 134(14).
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Transcriptional milestones in Dictyostelium development. Genome Res. 2021 08; 31(8):1498-1511.
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A GoldenBraid cloning system for synthetic biology in social amoebae. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 05 07; 48(8):4139-4146.
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Democratized image analytics by visual programming through integration of deep models and small-scale machine learning. Nat Commun. 2019 10 07; 10(1):4551.
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Social amoebae establish a protective interface with their bacterial associates by lectin agglutination. Sci Adv. 2019 07; 5(7):eaav4367.
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A terpene synthase-cytochrome P450 cluster in Dictyostelium discoideum produces a novel trisnorsesquiterpene. Elife. 2019 05 07; 8.
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The putative G protein-coupled receptor GrlD mediates extracellular polyphosphate sensing in Dictyostelium discoideum. Mol Biol Cell. 2019 04 15; 30(9):1118-1128.
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Cooperative predation in the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum. PLoS One. 2019; 14(1):e0209438.
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Microbiome management in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum compared to humans. Int J Dev Biol. 2019; 63(8-9-10):447-450.