The translation initiation factor eIF4A from Schizosaccharomyces pombe is closely related to its mammalian counterpart

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 977-981

  Fischli, Andrea ^a   Schmid, Stefanie R ^b   Coppolecchia, Raffaella ^c   Linder, Patrick ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Bioferment   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cDNA; DEAD box family; Fission yeast; RNA helicase; Sequence homology; Translation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INITIATION FACTOR; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; GENES, FUNGAL; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029745644     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199608)12:10<977::AID-YEA996>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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