Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
"Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D015852
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.835.725.868.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
- Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2
- Initiation Factor-2, Eukaryotic
- Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-2
- Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 2
- Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-2
- Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 2
- EIF-2
- EIF 2
- EIF2
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