Roles of yeast eIF2α and eIF2β subunits in the binding of the initiator methionyl-tRNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1047-1057

  Naveau, Marie ^a   Lazennec Schurdevin, Christine ^a   Panvert, Michel ^a   Dubiez, Etienne ^a   Mechulam, Yves ^a   Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 2BETA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84875441454     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1180     Document Type: Article

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