Mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans eIF2β permit translation initiation from Non-AUG start codons

Genetics

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-152

  Zhang, Yinhua ^a   Maduzia, Lisa L ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 2BETA; PROTEIN; SUI3 PROETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; AUG START CODON; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON, INITIATOR; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TESTING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956643267     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.115485     Document Type: Article

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