Internal initiation drives the synthesis of Ure2 protein lacking the prion domain and affects [URE3] propagation in yeast cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1199-1209

  Komar, Anton A ^a,c   Lesnik, Thierry ^b   Cullin, Christophe ^b   Merrick, William C ^c   Trachsel, Hans ^a   Altmann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

URE3 ; eIF4E; IRES; Prion; Ure2p

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN URE 2; PROTEIN URE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CODE; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CODON, INITIATOR; GENES, REPORTER; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037416198     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg103     Document Type: Article

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