The large subunit of initiation factor aIF2 is a close structural homologue of elongation factors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1821-1832

  Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a   Blanquet, Sylvain ^a   Mechulam, Yves ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

G protein; Transfer RNA; Translation initiation; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; MAGNESIUM; TRANSFER RNA; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CODON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0037007203     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.7.1821     Document Type: Article

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