XB-FEAT-966340

eif1ax

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summary from NCBI

This gene encodes an essential eukaryotic translation initiation factor. The protein is required for the binding of the 43S complex (a 40S subunit, eIF2/GTP/Met-tRNAi and eIF3) to the 5' end of capped RNA. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

nomenclature changes

05.08.2018 Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 1964. From eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A, X-linked to eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A X-linked