The hnRNA-binding proteins hnRNP L and PTB are required for efficient translation of the Cat-1 arginine/lysine transporter mRNA during amino acid starvation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2899-2912

  Majumder, Mithu ^a   Yaman, Ibrahim ^b   Gaccioli, Francesca ^a   Zeenko, Vladimir V ^a   Wang, Chuanping ^a   Caprara, Mark G ^a   Venema, Richard C ^c   Komar, Anton A ^d   Snider, Martin D ^a   Hatzoglou, Maria ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; BINDING PROTEIN; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN L; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RIBOSOME;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN L; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT-BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 66349083910     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01774-08     Document Type: Article

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