Drosophila Cup is an eIF4E-binding protein that functions in Smaug-mediated translational repression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 150-159

  Nelson, Meryl R ^a   Leidal, Andrew M ^a,b   Smibert, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cup; Drosophila; eIF4E; Smaug; Translation

Indexed keywords

CUP PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; NANOS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMAUG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

INSECTA;

EID: 0842328579     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600026     Document Type: Article

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