A mechanistic overview of translation initiation in eukaryotes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Aitken, Colin Echeverría ^a   Lorsch, Jon R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 3; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; INITIATION FACTOR 4B; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INITIATION FACTOR 5; MESSENGER RNA; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA CONFORMATION; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CODON, INITIATOR; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861843696     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2303     Document Type: Review

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