The GCN2 eIF2α kinase is required for adaptation to amino acid deprivation in mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 6681-6688

  Zhang, Peichuan ^a   McGrath, Barbara C ^a   Reinert, Jamie ^a   Olsen, DeAnne S ^a   Lei, Li ^a   Gill, Sangeeta ^a   Wek, Sheree A ^a   Vattem, Krishna M ^a   Wek, Ronald C ^a   Kimball, Scot R ^a   Jefferson, Leonard S ^a   Cavener, Douglas R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINOL; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GCN2; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EIF2AK4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE MUTATION; GESTATION PERIOD; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER PERFUSION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL; WILD TYPE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2B; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; FOOD, FORMULATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GLYCINE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LEUCINE; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STEM CELLS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0036771638     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.19.6681-6688.2002     Document Type: Article

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