A new translational regulator with homology to eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 817-825

  Imataka, Hiroaki ^a   Olsen, Henrik S ^b   Sonenberg, Nahum ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

eIF4G; Initiation factor; Translation; Translation initiation; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; INITIATION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, INITIATOR; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PLACENTA; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031039645     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.4.817     Document Type: Article

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