Characterization of a novel RNA-binding region of eIF4GI critical for ribosomal scanning

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1909-1921

  Prévôt, Déborah ^a   Décimo, Didier ^a   Herbreteau, Cécile H ^a   Roux, Florence ^b   Garin, Jérôme ^b   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a   Ohlmann, Théophile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cap independent; eIF4G; HIV protease; IRES; Translation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 4G; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; START CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BINDING SITES; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RABBITS; RIBOSOMES; RNA;

ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; EUKARYOTA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 0345373936     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg175     Document Type: Article

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