Parasite-specific eIF2 (eukaryotic initiation factor-2) kinase required for stress-induced translation control

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 523-531

  Sullivan Jr , William J ^a   Narasimhan, Jana ^a   Bhatti, Micah M ^a   Wek, Ronald C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2); Stress; Toxoplasma; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACUTE INFECTIONS; PARASITES; PHOSPHORYLATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ENZYMES;

INITIATION FACTOR 2;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEAT SHOCK; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EIF-2 KINASE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2942714921     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040262     Document Type: Article

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