The β subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 binds mRNA through the lysine repeats and a region comprising the C2-C2 motif

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-181

  Laurino, Jomar P ^a   Thompson, Glória M ^a   Pacheco, Eliza ^a   Castilho, Beatriz A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0032931764     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.173     Document Type: Article

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