The cloning and characterization of Tetrahymena pyriformis translation elongation factor 1B α and γ subunits

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-696

  Jonusiene, Violeta ^a   Sasnauskiene, Sofija ^a   Juodka, Benediktas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Tetrahymena pyriformis; Translation Elongation Factor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1B ALPHA; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1B GAMMA; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 31544474598     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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