Translation initiation factor 4A: A prototype member of dead-box protein family

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Tuteja, Narendra ^a   Vashisht, Ajay Amar ^a   Tuteja, Renu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATPase; DEAD box helicases; Helicase conserved motifs; Molecular motor; Translation initiation; Unwinding enzymes

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 49349098953     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0009-z     Document Type: Review

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