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ArticleNature2019

eIF5B gates the transition from translation initiation to elongation.

Jinfan Wang, Alex G Johnson, Christopher P Lapointe, Junhong Choi, Arjun Prabhakar, Dong-Hua Chen, Alexey N Petrov, Joseph D Puglisi

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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Remodeling of mRNA by eIF4F in human translation initiation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  6. Detection and Characterization of the Eukaryotic Vacant Ribosome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. eIF1 and eIF5 dynamically control translation start site fidelity.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jinfan WangDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Alex G JohnsonDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Christopher P LapointeDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Junhong ChoiDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Arjun PrabhakarDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Dong-Hua ChenDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Alexey N PetrovDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Joseph D PuglisiDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. puglisi@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Molecular Biophysics Training Program at StanfordT32GM008294 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HUANG, KERWYN C. · 1989 to 2019
$7.4M
Structure and Function of the Hepatitis C Virus GenomeR37AI047365 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SARNOW, PETER · 2011 to 2019
$4.0M
THE PROKARYOTIC-LIKE IRES IN HCV AS A DRUG TARGETR01AI047365 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PUGLISI, JOSEPH D, SARNOW, PETER · 1999 to 2010
$3.8M
Dynamics of eukaryotic translation initiation and its controlR01GM113078 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PUGLISI, JOSEPH D · 2016 to 2021
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI047365NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI047365NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113078NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translation initiation determines both the quantity and identity of the protein that is encoded in an mRNA by establishing the reading frame for protein synthesis. In eukaryotic cells, numerous translation initiation factors prepare ribosomes for polypeptide synthesis; however, the underlying dynamics of this process remain unclear

Indexed as

Enzyme ActivationEukaryotic Initiation FactorsMicroscopy, FluorescencePeptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalProtein BindingProtein ConformationRibosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinseukaryotic initiation factor-5BEukaryotic Initiation FactorsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID31534220
PMCPMC6763361
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