The nematode eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E/G complex works with a trans-spliced leader stem-loop to enable efficient translation of trimethylguanosine-capped RNAs

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1958-1970

  Wallace, Adam ^a   Filbin, Megan E ^a   Veo, Bethany ^a   McFarland, Craig ^a   Stepinski, Janusz ^b   Jankowska Anyszka, Marzena ^b   Darzynkiewicz, Edward ^b   Davis, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; SPLICED LEADER RNA; TRIMETHYLGUANOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; GUANOSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA CAP ANALOGS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-SPLICING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77950671415     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01437-09     Document Type: Article

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