Gene:
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 3
Gene ID:
193134
Symbol:
EIF4EBP3
Species:
1000
Description:
This gene encodes a member of the EIF4EBP family which derives it name from proteins that bind to eukaryotic initiation factor 4E and that prevent its assembly into EIF4F. Co-transcription of this gene and the neighboring upstream gene (MASK) generates a transcript (MASK-BP3) which encodes a fusion protein comprised of the MASK protein sequence for the majority of the protein and a different C-terminus due to an alternate reading frame for the EIF4EBP3 segments.