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Mechanism of action of developmentally regulated sea urchin inhibitor of eIF-4.
Developmental genetics - 1 Jan 1993
Jagus R, Huang W, Hiremath L S, Stern B D, Rhoads R E
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The developmentally regulated inhibitor of eIF-4 function found in unfertilized sea urchin eggs has been partially purified and its mechanism of action studied in vitro using purified recombinant eIF-4 alpha and cell-free translation systems. The results demonstrate that although the phosphorylation of eIF-4 alpha is necessary to promote protein synthesis, it is not sufficient to maintain all aspects of eIF-4...
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