"Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Eukaryotic initiation factor of protein synthesis. In higher eukaryotes the factor consists of three subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma. As initiation proceeds, eIF-2 forms a ternary complex with Met-tRNAi and GTP.
| Descriptor ID |
D015852
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.835.725.868.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2
- Initiation Factor-2, Eukaryotic
- Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-2
- Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 2
- Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-2
- Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 2
- EIF-2
- EIF 2
- EIF2
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2" by people in Profiles.
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Transcriptome-wide analysis uncovers the targets of the RNA-binding protein MSI2 and effects of MSI2's RNA-binding activity on IL-6 signaling. J Biol Chem. 2018 10 05; 293(40):15359-15369.
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eIF2? mutation that disrupts eIF2 complex integrity links intellectual disability to impaired translation initiation. Mol Cell. 2012 Nov 30; 48(4):641-6.
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