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Preferred term

Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-3  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A multisubunit eukaryotic initiation factor that contains at least 8 distinct polypeptides. It plays a role in recycling of ribosomal subunits to the site of transcription initiation by promoting the dissociation of non-translating ribosomal subunits. It also is involved in promoting the binding of a ternary complex of EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GTP; and INITIATOR TRNA to the 40S ribosomal subunit.

Entry terms

  • EIF-3
  • EIF3
  • Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-3
  • Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-3

In other languages

  • French

  • EIF-3
  • Facteur d'initiation d'eucaryote eIF-3
  • Facteur d'initiation d'eucaryote eIF3
  • Facteur eucaryote d'initiation eIF3
  • Facteur-3 d'initiation d'eucaryote

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J0SNVWSM-0

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