Chemicals and Drugs

Prokaryotic Initiation Factors

Peptide initiation factors from prokaryotic organisms. Only three factors are needed for translation initiation in prokaryotic organisms, which occurs by a far simpler process than in PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL of eukaryotic organisms.

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Peptide initiation factors from prokaryotic organisms. Only three factors are needed for translation initiation in prokaryotic organisms, which occurs by a far simpler process than in PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL of eukaryotic organisms.

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  • Peptide Initiation Factors, Prokaryotic
  • Translation Initiation Factors, Prokaryotic
  • Initiation Factors, Prokaryotic

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2003

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  • Bacterial Proteins (1966-1972)
  • Peptide Initiation Factors (1973-2002)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prokaryotic Initiation Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D039662. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D039662
  2. Prokaryotic Initiation Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryotic_initiation_factors
  3. Prokaryotic Initiation Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7249512