"Amoeba" 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 ameboid protozoa. Characteristics include a vesicular nucleus and the formation of several lodopodia, one of which is dominant at a given time. Reproduction occurs asexually by binary fission.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Amoeba".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amoeba" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Amoeba" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Amoeba" by people in Profiles.
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Multi-institutional 10-year retrospective review of amoeba diagnosed on cytologic evaluation of anal pap tests: what is the significance? J Am Soc Cytopathol. 2023 May-Jun; 12(3):197-205.
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Recent climate change has driven divergent hydrological shifts in high-latitude peatlands. Nat Commun. 2022 08 24; 13(1):4959.
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Effects of miR-224-5p-enhanced downregulation of pannexin-1 on docetaxel-induced apoptosis in amoeboid-like CD44high oral cancer cells. Eur J Oral Sci. 2021 10; 129(5):e12812.
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Cancer and the breakdown of multicellularity: What Dictyostelium discoideum, a social amoeba, can teach us. Bioessays. 2021 04; 43(4):e2000156.
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Identification of genes required for Mycobacterium abscessus growth in vivo with a prominent role of the ESX-4 locus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 01 30; 115(5):E1002-E1011.
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Long-term survival and virulence of Mycobacterium leprae in amoebal cysts. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Dec; 8(12):e3405.
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Biotin-binding proteins in the defense of mushrooms against predators and parasites. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Dec; 78(23):8485-7.
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Genetic analysis of anti-amoebae and anti-bacterial activities of the type VI secretion system in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e23876.
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Minimization of the Legionella pneumophila genome reveals chromosomal regions involved in host range expansion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 06; 108(36):14733-40.
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Being uncomfortable. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008 06; 104(6):1848-9; author reply 1851.