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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

A Retrospective on eIF2A-and Not the Alpha Subunit of eIF2.

Anton A Komar, William C Merrick

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anton A KomarCenter for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4188-0633
William C MerrickDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · USCleveland State University · US

Funding

eIF2A in translational controlR01GM128981 · NIGMS · CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KOMAR, ANTON A. · 2020 to 2023
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128981NIH HHS GM128981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes is a complex process requiring more than 12 different initiation factors, comprising over 30 polypeptide chains. The functions of many of these factors have been established in great detail; however, the precise role of some of them and their mechanism of action is still not well understood. Eukaryotic initiation factor 2A (eIF2A) is a single chain 65 kDa protein that was initially believed to serve as the functional homologue of prokaryotic IF2, since eIF2A and IF2 catalyze biochemically similar reactions, i.e., they stimulate initiator Met-tRNA

Indexed as

AnimalsCarrier ProteinsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Evolution, MolecularGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMammalsMice, KnockoutPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalProkaryotic Initiation Factor-2Protein BindingProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerRNA, TransferSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalCarrier ProteinsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Prokaryotic Initiation Factor-2RNA, MessengerRNA, Transferalternative initiationeIF2Anon-AUG initiationstress responsetranslational initiation

Identifiers

PMID32192132
PMCPMC7139343
OpenAlexW3010910558

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