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Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
A component of eukaryotic initiation factor 4F that as an RNA helicase involved in unwinding the secondary structure of the 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION of MRNA. The unwinding facilitates the binding of the 40S ribosomal subunit.
Entry Term(s)
EIF-4A
EIF-4A1
EIF-4A2
EIF-4A3
EIF4AIII
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor EIF-4A
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A1
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A2
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A3
Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-4A
Eukaryotic Translation-Initiation Factor 4AIII
Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-4A
Registry Numbers
EC 2.7.7.-
0
Previous Indexing
Peptide Initiation Factors (1980-2002)
Public MeSH Note
2003; EIF-4A (now EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A) was indexed under PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS 1980-2002
History Note
2003; use EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-F4A (NM) 1980-2001
A component of eukaryotic initiation factor 4F that as an RNA helicase involved in unwinding the secondary structure of the 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION of MRNA. The unwinding facilitates the binding of the 40S ribosomal subunit.