Regulation of mammalian translation factors by nutrients

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5338-5349

  Proud, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Elongation factor; Glucose; Initiation factor; mTOR; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GLUCOSE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INSULIN; LEUCINE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; RAPAMYCIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; S6 KINASE;

BIOGENESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL TYPE; ENZYME REGULATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; RIBOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036440779     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03292.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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