A mammalian homologue of GCN2 protein kinase important for translational control by phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor-2α

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 787-801

  Sood, Ruchira ^a   Porter, Amy C ^a   Olsen, DeAnne ^b   Cavener, Douglas R ^b   Wek, Ronald C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; HISTIDINE-TRNA LIGASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033962298     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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