The C-terminal region of eukaryotic translation Initiation Factor 3a (eIF3a) promotes mRNA recruitment, scanning, and, together with eIF3j and the eIF3b RNA recognition motif, selection of AUG start codons

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4415-4434

  Chiu, Wen Ling ^a   Wagner, Susan ^b   Herrmannová, Anna ^b   Burela, Laxminarayana ^a,c   Zhang, Fan ^a   Saini, Adesh K ^a   Valášek, Leoš ^b   Hinnebusch, Alan G ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SREENIDHI INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; INITIATION FACTOR 3; INITIATION FACTOR 3A; INITIATION FACTOR 3B; INITIATION FACTOR 3J; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HCR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; INITIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CODON, INITIATOR; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-3; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 77956713468     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00280-10     Document Type: Article

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