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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015852 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015852
Preferred Name	Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
Definitions	Eukaryotic initiation factor of protein synthesis. In higher eukaryotes the factor consists of three subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma. As initiation proceeds, eIF-2 forms a ternary complex with Met-tRNAi and GTP.
Synonyms	Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 2 Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 2 EIF 2beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, alpha Subunit EIF 2 beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 EIF-2 Initiation Factor-2, Eukaryotic EIF-2gamma Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, alpha Subunit EIF 2 alpha EIF2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, gamma Subunit EIF 2gamma EIF-2beta EIF 2alpha EIF-2 alpha EIF-2 gamma EIF-2 beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, gamma Subunit Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, beta Subunit EIF 2 gamma EIF 2 EIF-2alpha Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, beta Subunit See more See less
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	Eukaryotic initiation factor of protein synthesis. In higher eukaryotes the factor consists of three subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma. As initiation proceeds, eIF-2 forms a ternary complex with Met-tRNAi and GTP.
altLabel	Peptide Initiation Factor EIF 2 Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor 2 EIF 2beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, alpha Subunit EIF 2 beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 EIF-2 Initiation Factor-2, Eukaryotic EIF-2gamma Peptide Initiation Factor EIF-2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, alpha Subunit EIF 2 alpha EIF2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, gamma Subunit EIF 2gamma EIF-2beta EIF 2alpha EIF-2 alpha EIF-2 gamma EIF-2 beta Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, gamma Subunit Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2, beta Subunit EIF 2 gamma EIF 2 EIF-2alpha Eukaryotic Peptide Initiation Factor-2 Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, beta Subunit See more See less
prefLabel	Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2
Machine permutation	2003; see EIF-2 1990-2002
HN	2003(1990)
Mapped from	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C025207 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000709168 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000711287 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000622391 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000628423 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C451460 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000718528 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000633570 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000707153 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C000730900 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C492453 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C584102 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C584101 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C584100 See more See less
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T116 T123
TERMUI	T047037 T047034 T047038 T047039 T489242 T047033 T047040 T489244 T047031 T047032 T047036 T489243 T047035 T489241 See more See less
TH	NLM (1990) NLM (2003)
MMR	20020703
notation	D015852
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T123 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T116
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000097 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000096 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000172 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000627 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000493 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000494 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000138 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000134 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000008 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000009 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000032 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000037 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000302 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000592 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000819 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000506 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000633 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000600 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000652 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528 See more See less
DX	19900101
cui	C0013734 C0013733 C0013735 C0013729
DC	1
MN	D12.776.835.725.868.249
AQL	AD AE AG AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UL UR
Inverse of RB	0
MDA	19890525
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D039642

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