Initiation of Protein Biosynthesis in Eukaryotes

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 378-385

  Merrick, William C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Eukaryotic initiation factors; Initiator tRNA; Internal initiation; mRNA; mRNA competition; Re initiation; Ribosome; Scanning; Translational initiation; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4F; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0348134941     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.2003.494031060274     Document Type: Review

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