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The joining of ribosomal subunits in eukaryotes requires eIF5B
Pestova T, Lomakin I, Lee J, Choi S, Dever T, Hellen C. The joining of ribosomal subunits in eukaryotes requires eIF5B. Nature 2000, 403: 332-335. PMID: 10659855, DOI: 10.1038/35002118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCatalysisCodon, InitiatorEukaryotic Initiation Factor-1Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-3Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-5GTP PhosphohydrolasesGuanosine TriphosphateGuanylyl ImidodiphosphateHumansHydrolysisMolecular Sequence DataPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalPeptide Initiation FactorsPuromycinRecombinant ProteinsRibosomesRNA, MessengerConceptsEIF2-bound GTPEukaryotic initiation factor 3RNA ternary complexRibosome-dependent GTPase activityInitiation factor IF2Initiation factor 3Eukaryotic protein synthesisRibosomal subunitInitiation codonGTPase activityProtein synthesisMessenger RNASubunitsTernary complexFactor 3GTPComplexesEukaryotesEIF5EIF5BEIF2EIF4BEIF1ARibosomesIF2
2017
EIF1AX and NRAS Mutations Co-occur and Cooperate in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas
Etemadmoghadam D, Azar WJ, Lei Y, Moujaber T, Garsed DW, Kennedy CJ, Fereday S, Mitchell C, Chiew YE, Hendley J, Sharma R, Harnett PR, Li J, Christie EL, Patch AM, George J, Au-Yeung G, Mir Arnau G, Holloway TP, Semple T, Pearson JV, Waddell N, Grimmond SM, Köbel M, Rizos H, Lomakin IB, Bowtell DDL, deFazio A. EIF1AX and NRAS Mutations Co-occur and Cooperate in Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinomas. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 4268-4278. PMID: 28646021, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-2224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade serous ovarian carcinomaSerous ovarian carcinomaRAS pathway mutationsRAS pathway activationCoexpression of mutantWhole-genome sequencingTranslational regulatorOvarian cancerOvarian carcinomaPoor responseInitiation fidelityN-terminusGenome sequencingCancer ResMutational eventsPathway activationPathway mutationsClonogenic survivalMutationsRecurrent mutationsProteinChemotherapy