Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 3

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

**Definition:** A protein complex comprised of 13 nonidentical subunits (EIF3A-M) that is involved in translation initiation and the disassembly and recycling of post-termination ribosomal complexes.

**Synonyms:** - EIF3 - Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 3 - eIF-3 Complex - eIF3