1999
Zinc Inhibits Protein Synthesis in Neurons POTENTIAL ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR-2α*
Alirezaei M, Nairn A, Glowinski J, Prémont J, Marin P. Zinc Inhibits Protein Synthesis in Neurons POTENTIAL ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATION OF TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR-2α*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 32433-32438. PMID: 10542287, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.45.32433.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCultured cortical neuronsEukaryotic elongation factor 2Central nervous systemFactor 2Translation initiation factor 2αProtein synthesisCerebral cortexCortical neuronsNervous systemProfound inhibitionSustained increaseBasal levelsTransient increaseBasal ratePotential roleProgressive decreaseInhibits protein synthesisNeuronsAmount of polyribosomesElongation factor 2EIF-2alpha phosphorylationAlpha subunitInhibitionPhosphorylationEukaryotic initiation factor 2
1993
Phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in normal and malignant rat glial cells.
Bagaglio DM, Cheng EH, Gorelick FS, Mitsui K, Nairn AC, Hait WN. Phosphorylation of elongation factor 2 in normal and malignant rat glial cells. Cancer Research 1993, 53: 2260-4. PMID: 8485712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCalmodulinCell DivisionCells, CulturedElongation Factor 2 KinaseGliomaMaleNeurogliaPeptide Elongation Factor 2Peptide Elongation FactorsPhosphorylationPrecipitin TestsProtein KinasesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTrifluoperazineTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsRat brain white matterNormal glial tissueGlial tissueGlioma cellsC6 cellsC6 rat glioma cellsCaM kinase IIIRat glial cellsFactor 2Rat glioma cellsBrain white matterNormal gliaElongation factor 2Glial cellsRat brainWhite matterTumor tissueBasal levelsIII activityCellular proliferationTissueDependent proteinsCellsEndogenous substratesHomogenates