Cloning and characterization of an eukaryotic initiation factor-2α kinase from the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1628, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-63

  Prasad, M Dharma ^a,b   Han, Sung Jun ^a   Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^b   Lee, Won Jae ^c   Brey, Paul T ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 kinase; Stress response; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE R; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEAT SHOCK; LARVA; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YEAST;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0038353578     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(03)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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