The paradox of elongation factor 4: Highly conserved, yet of no physiological significance?

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-181

  Zhang, Dejiu ^a   Qin, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Back translocation; Elongation factor 4 (EF4) (LepA); GTPase of unknown function 1 (Guf1); Mitochondrion

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S6; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPLAST; CODON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMERIZATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE LEAFLET; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 84877744053     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121792     Document Type: Review

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