Physarum
"Physarum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Characteristics include the presence of violet to brown spores.
| Descriptor ID |
D010804
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.550.550.600.700
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Physarum" by people in Profiles.
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Sullivan KF. Structure and utilization of tubulin isotypes. Annu Rev Cell Biol. 1988; 4:687-716.
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Christensen ME, Moloo J, Swischuk JL, Schelling ME. Characterization of the nucleolar protein, B-36, using monoclonal antibodies. Exp Cell Res. 1986 Sep; 166(1):77-93.
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Garriga G, Lambowitz AM, Inoue T, Cech TR. Mechanism of recognition of the 5' splice site in self-splicing group I introns. Nature. 1986 Jul 3-9; 322(6074):86-9.
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Cech TR, Tanner NK, Tinoco I, Weir BR, Zuker M, Perlman PS. Secondary structure of the Tetrahymena ribosomal RNA intervening sequence: structural homology with fungal mitochondrial intervening sequences. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Jul; 80(13):3903-7.