What's new in translation initiation? The first translation determines the fate of mRNA

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-647

  McKendrick, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CBC; eIF4E; NAS; NMD; Nonstop decay; Nucleus; PTC; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR CAP BINDING COMPLEX; PEPTIDE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC CODE; MAMMAL; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CODON, NONSENSE; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038702512     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2338-y     Document Type: Review

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