Human eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) possesses two separate and independent binding sites for eIF4A

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6940-6947

  Imataka, Hiroaki ^a   Sonenberg, Nahum ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA CAPPING; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030666625     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.6940     Document Type: Article

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