RNA-binding activity of translation initiation factor eIF4G1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 871-880

  Berset, Catherine ^a,b   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Djafarzadeh, Siamak ^a   Altmann, Michael ^a   Trachsel, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ESBATech AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell free translation; Initiation of translation; RNA binding; RS domain; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; FUNGAL RNA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INITIATION FACTOR 4G1; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA PRIMERS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; POLY U; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0038719941     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5380903     Document Type: Article

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