Protein synthesis initiation factor 4G

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-41

  Keiper, Brett D ^a   Gan, Weiniu ^a   Rhoads, Robert E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; RNA HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; HUMANS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033005615     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00130-7     Document Type: Article

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