eIF4E activity is regulated at multiple levels

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-57

  Raught, Brian ^a   Gingras, Anne Claude ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4E BPI(PHAS I); Akt PKB; eIF4E; FRAP mTOR; PI3 kinase; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL GROUP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA CAPS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033006919     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00131-9     Document Type: Review

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