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EIF2B4

Translation initiation factor eIF-2B subunit delta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2B4 gene.

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EIF2B4
Identifiers
AliasesEIF2B4, EIF-2B, EIF2B, EIF2Bdelta, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit delta
External IDsOMIM: 606687; MGI: 95300; HomoloGene: 5976; GeneCards: EIF2B4; OMA:EIF2B4 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001127355
NM_001127356
NM_010122

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001120827
NP_001120828
NP_034252

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 27.36 – 27.37 MbChr 5: 31.34 – 31.35 Mb
PubMed search34
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Translation initiation factor eIF-2B subunit delta is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EIF2B4 gene.567


References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115211Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029145Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Price NT, Mellor H, Craddock BL, Flowers KM, Kimball SR, Wilmer T, Jefferson LS, Proud CG (Nov 1996). "eIF2B, the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor for eukaryotic initiation factor 2. Sequence conservation between the alpha, beta and delta subunits of eIF2B from mammals and yeast". Biochem. J. 318 (2): 637–43. doi:10.1042/bj3180637. PMC 1217679. PMID 8929216.
  6. Henderson RA, Krissansen GW, Yong RY, Leung E, Watson JD, Dholakia JN (Dec 1994). "The delta-subunit of murine guanine nucleotide exchange factor eIF-2B. Characterization of cDNAs predicts isoforms differing at the amino-terminal end". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (48): 30517–23. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)43844-6. PMID 7982969.
  7. "Entrez Gene: EIF2B4 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B, subunit 4 delta, 67kDa".
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