Characterization of the minimal catalytic domain within eIF2B: The guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for translation initiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 5292-5301

  Gomez, Edith ^b   Mohammad, Sarah S ^a   Pavitt, Graham D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eIF2; eIF2B; GCD6; Guanine nucleotide exchange; Protein synthesis initiation

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2B; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036790688     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf515     Document Type: Article

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