Binding of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) to eIF4G represses translation of uncapped mRNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6876-6886

  Tarun Jr , Salvador Z ^a   Sachs, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1842403614     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.6876     Document Type: Article

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