Recognition of eukaryotic initiator tRNA by an initiation factor and the transfer of the methionine moiety into peptide linkage.

Acylation Animals Carbon Isotopes Centrifugation, Density Gradient Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose Chromatography, Gel Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism Hydroxyapatites In Vitro Techniques Methionine/metabolism Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational Peptide Initiation Factors/metabolism Phenylalanine/metabolism Protein Binding Protein Biosynthesis RNA, Transfer/metabolism Rabbits Reticulocytes/metabolism Ribosomes/metabolism Sulfur Isotopes Tritium

Carbon Isotopes Hydroxyapatites Peptide Initiation Factors Sulfur Isotopes Tritium Phenylalanine Guanosine Triphosphate RNA, Transfer Methionine