Identification and bioinformatics characterization of translation initiation complex eIF4F components and poly(A)-binding protein from Plasmodium falciparum

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-260

  Tuteja, Renu ^a  

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

Author keywords

Malaria; MRNA; Poly(A) binding protein; Protein synthesis; RNA binding; RNA unwinding; Translation; Translation initiation factor 4A; Translation initiation factor 4E; Translation initiation factor 4G

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 77949352804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.3.8843     Document Type: Article

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