Identification and characterization of pancreatic eukaryotic initiation factor 2 α-subunit kinase, PEK, involved in translational control

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7499-7509

  Shi, Yuguang ^a   Vattem, Krishna M ^b   Sood, Ruchira ^b   An, Jie ^a   Liang, Jingdong ^a   Stramm, Lawrence ^a   Wek, Ronald C ^b  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; FUGU RUBRIPES; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; SACCHAROMYCES; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031755020     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7499     Document Type: Article

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