Does phosphorylation of the cap-binding protein eIF4E play a role in translation initiation?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5350-5359

  Scheper, Gert C ^a   Proud, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eIF4E; Initiation complex; Mnk; mRNA; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CAPPED RNA; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036438924     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03291.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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