The RNA recognition motif of yeast translation initiation factor Tif3/elF4B is required but not sufficient for RNA strand-exchange and translational activity

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1259-1267

  Niederberger, Nathalie ^a   Trachsel, Hans ^a   Altmann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annealing of complementary RNA strands; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031717152     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838298980487     Document Type: Article

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