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Amoeba genus

Known as: amoebic, AMOEBA, AMEBA 
A genus of motile, unicellular eukaryotic amoeboid protists within the family Amoebidae that are commonly found in fresh water environments. Members… 
National Institutes of Health

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AmebiasisAmebicidesAmoeba identified:Prid:Pt:Asp:Nom:Immune stainAmoeba identified:Prid:Pt:Asp:Nom:Iron hematoxylin stain

Broader (3)

Order AmoebidaRhizopodaSarcodina

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The Intestinal Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Contains 20 Cysteine Protease Genes, of Which Only a Small Subset Is Expressed during In Vitro Cultivation
ABSTRACT Cysteine proteases are known to be important pathogenicity factors of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. So… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Swing of the lever arm of a myosin motor at the isomerization and phosphate-release steps
In muscle, the myosin head (‘crossbridge’) performs the ‘working stroke’, in which ATP is hydrolysed to generate the sliding of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Recurrent outbreaks of disease in sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in Nova Scotia: evidence for a link with large-scale meteorologic and oceanographic events
Recurrent outbreaks of a disease (paramoebiasis, caused by a marine amoeba Paramoeba invaclens) result in mass mortalit~es of sea… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Virulence of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Effects of bacteria, microaerobic conditions, and metronidazole
The association of axenically grown trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica strains HK-9 or HM-1:IMSS with various types of gram… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Caffeine blocks activation of cyclic AMP synthesis in Dictyostelium discoideum.
Review
1982
Review
1982
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis and the biology of Naegleria fowleri.
fJ… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
THE CONTRACTILE BASIS OF AMOEBOID MOVEMENT
Cytoplasm has been isolated from single amoeba (Chaos carolinensis) in physiological solutions similar to rigor, contraction, and… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Molecular weights of ribosomal RNA in relation to evolution.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
IMMUNOCHEMICAL AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CELLULAR SLIME MOLD DICTYOSTELIUM MUCOROIDES.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF PINOCYTOSIS IN AMEBA
The attachment to the surface of the ameba (Chaos chaos L. (Pelomyxa carolinensis, Wilson)) of two proteins, ribonuclease and… 
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