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Designing a Western blot for EIF4B? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the EIF4B Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for EIF4B? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the EIF4B IHC GuideFacts about Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B.
Binds close to the 5'- terminal cap of mRNA in existence of EIF-4F and ATP. Promotes the ATPase activity as well as the ATP-dependent RNA unwinding activity of both EIF4-A and EIF4-F.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | EIF4B |
| Uniprot: | P23588 |
| Entrez: | 1975 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| No superfamily |

Eif4a2; eIF4B; EIF-4B; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B; PRO1843
Mass (kDA):
69.151 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (53006456..53042215) |





PMID: 2390971 by Milburn S.C., et al. Cloning and expression of eukaryotic initiation factor 4B cDNA: sequence determination identifies a common RNA recognition motif.
PMID: 8139536 by Methot N., et al. The translation initiation factor eIF-4B contains an RNA-binding region that is distinct and independent from its ribonucleoprotein consensus sequence.