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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Phosphotransferases > Nucleotidyltransferases > RNA Nucleotidyltransferases > RNA Helicases > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Ribosomal Proteins > Peptide Initiation Factors > Eukaryotic Initiation Factors > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > RNA-Binding Proteins > RNA Cap-Binding Proteins > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nucleoproteins > RNA-Binding Proteins > RNA Cap-Binding Proteins > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F > Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A

Preferred term

Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • EIF-4A
  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor EIF 4A
  • Eukaryotic Initiation Factor EIF-4A
  • Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 4A
  • Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-4A
  • Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 4A
  • Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-4A

Scope note

  • A component of eukaryotic initiation factor 4F that as an RNA helicase involved in unwinding the secondary structure of the 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION of MRNA. The unwinding facilitates the binding of the 40S ribosomal subunit.

History note

  • 2003; use EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-F4A (NM) 1980-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D039601

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