mRNA structural elements immediately upstream of the start codon dictate dependence upon eIF4A helicase activity
Joseph A. Waldron,
David C. Tack,
Laura E. Ritchey,
Sarah L. Gillen,
Ania Wilczynska,
Ernest Turro,
Philip C. Bevilacqua,
Sarah M. Assmann,
Martin Bushell,
John Le Quesne
Dec 29, 2020
Abstract: Background: The RNA helicase eIF4A1 is a key component of the translation initiation machinery and is required for the translation of many pro-oncogenic mRNAs. There is increasing interest in targeting eIF4A1...