Isolation and characterization of the cDNA and the gene for eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G from Drosophila melanogaster

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-35

  Hernández, Greco ^a   Del Mar Castellano, María ^a   Agudo, Marta ^a   Sierra, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eukaryotic initiation factor; mRNA cap structure; Protein synthesis; Translational control

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INITIATION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032053542     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530027.x     Document Type: Article

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