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Development of transgenic mice expressing a conditionally active form of the eIF2α kinase PKR.
Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000) - 1 Sept 2011
Papadakis Andreas I, Baltzis Dionissios, Buensuceso Ryan C, Peidis Philippos, Koromilas Antonis E
Abstract excerpt
Phosphorylation of the alpha (α) subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) at serine 51 is an important mechanism of translational control in response to various forms of environmental stress. In metazoans, eIF2α phosphorylation is mediated by four kinases each of which becomes activated by distinct stimuli. Previous work established that expression of a chimera protein comprising of the bacteria...
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