Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G (eIF4G) coordinates interactions with eIF4A, eIF4B, and eIF4E in binding and translation of the barley yellow dwarf virus 3′ cap-independent translation element (BTE)

Barley yellow dwarf virus RNA, lacking a 5′ cap and a 3′ poly(A) tail, contains a cap-independent translation element (BTE) in the 3′-untranslated region that interacts with host translation initiation factor eIF4G. To determine how eIF4G recruits the mRNA, three eIF4G deletion mutants were construc