Structural basis for the enhancement of eIF4A helicase activity by eIF4G

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2212-2223

  Oberer, Monika ^a   Marintchev, Assen ^a   Wagner, Gerhard ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

eIF4A; eIF4G; Helicase; NMR; Protein protein interaction; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 4F; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROSTATICS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 24944469031     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1335305     Document Type: Article

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