A component of eukaryotic initiation factor 4F that as an RNA helicase involved in unwinding the secondary structure of the 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION of MRNA. The unwinding facilitates the binding of the 40S ribosomal subunit.
Also Known As:
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A; EIF-4A1; EIF-4A2; EIF-4A3; EIF4AIII; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor EIF-4A; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A1; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A2; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A3; Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-4A; Eukaryotic Translation-Initiation Factor 4AIII; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A1; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A2; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A3; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor EIF 4A; Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 4A; Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 4AIII; Factor-4A1, Eukaryotic Initiation; Factor-4A2, Eukaryotic Initiation; Factor-4A3, Eukaryotic Initiation; Initiation Factor-4A, Eukaryotic; Initiation Factor-4A1, Eukaryotic; Initiation Factor-4A2, Eukaryotic; Initiation Factor-4A3, Eukaryotic; Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 4A; EIF-4A; Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-4A