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Physarum polycephalum

Known as: slime molds, slime mold, polycephalum, Physarum 
A protozoan, previously also considered a fungus. Characteristics include sporangia that are stalked and multilobed. It is widely used in biomedical… 
National Institutes of Health

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Filamentous fungusMyxomycetesheterotroph protists
Microbiologicalaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Review
2009
Review
2009
The granulin gene family: from cancer to dementia
The growth factor progranulin (PGRN) regulates cell division, survival, and migration. PGRN is an extracellular glycoprotein… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Nitric oxide synthase is induced in sporulation of Physarum polycephalum.
The myxomycete Physarum polycephalum expresses a calcium-independent nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) resembling the inducible… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A model for individual and collective cell movement in Dictyostelium discoideum.
The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a widely used model system for studying a variety of basic processes in… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Two-component signal transducers and MAPK cascades.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Gene replacement in Dictyostelium: generation of myosin null mutants.
The eukaryotic slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum has a single conventional myosin heavy chain gene (mhcA). The elimination of… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Soluble lectins: a new class of extracellular proteins.
Soluble lectins of cellular slime molds and vertebrates are present at extracellular sites in the developing or adult tissues… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Somatic cell parasitism and the evolution of somatic tissue compatibility.
Selection pressures proposed to account for the convergent evolution of self/not-self recognition systems in lower organisms… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Conservation of the primary structure at the 3′ end of 18S rRNA from eucaryotic cells
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Membrane-bound cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in chemotactically responding cells of Dictyostelium discoideum.
In cells of the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, that respond chemotactically to cyclic AMP, cell-bound cyclic AMP… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF COLCHICINE
The majority of the colchicine-3H bound by tissue culture cells (KB or Hela) was found to be present as a noncovalent complex… 
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