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Preferred term

Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • EIF 2
  • EIF-2
  • EIF2
  • Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 2
  • Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-2
  • Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 2
  • Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-2

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2003(1990)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015852

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