"Colobus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of Old World monkeys, subfamily COLOBINAE, family CERCOPITHECIDAE, that inhabits the forests of Africa. It consists of eight species: C. angolensis (Angolan colobus), C. badius or C. rufomitratus (Red or Bay colobus), C. guereza (Guereza or Eastern black-and-white colobus), C. kirkii (Kirk's colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus or Western black-and-white colobus), C. satanas (Black colobus), and C. verus (Olive colobus). Some authors recognize Procolobus as a separate genus and then the olive colobus is recognized as the species P. verus.
| Descriptor ID |
D003104
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.199.150.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Colobus- Colobus
- Monkey, Colobus
- Colobus Monkey
- Colobus Monkeys
- Monkeys, Colobus
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colobus" by people in Profiles.
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SIVcol Nef counteracts SERINC5 by promoting its proteasomal degradation but does not efficiently enhance HIV-1 replication in human CD4+ T cells and lymphoid tissue. PLoS Pathog. 2018 08; 14(8):e1007269.
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Primate lentiviruses use at least three alternative strategies to suppress NF-?B-mediated immune activation. PLoS Pathog. 2017 Aug; 13(8):e1006598.
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Discovery and characterization of distinct simian pegiviruses in three wild African Old World monkey species. PLoS One. 2014; 9(2):e98569.