Evidence that GCD6 and GCD7, translational regulators of GCN4, are subunits of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for eIF-2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on March 01, 1993

Authors

J L Bushman1, A I Asuru, R L Matts, A G Hinnebusch

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1: Section on Molecular Genetics of Lower Eukaryotes, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

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