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Biochemical and behavioural phenotyping of a mouse model for GAMT deficiency.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Apr 2005
Torremans An, Marescau Bart, Possemiers Ilse, Van Dam Debby, D'Hooge Rudi, Isbrandt Dirk, De Deyn Peter Paul
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase (GAMT) is the first described creatine (CT) deficiency syndrome in man, biochemically characterized by accumulation of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) and depletion of CT. Patients exhibit severe developmental and muscular problems. We created a mouse model for GAMT deficiency, which exerts biochemical changes comparable with those found in human GAMT-deficient...
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