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A Drosophila melanogaster model of classic galactosemia.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jan 2000
Kushner Rebekah F, Ryan Emily L, Sefton Jennifer M I, Sanders Rebecca D, Lucioni Patricia Jumbo, Moberg Kenneth H, Fridovich-Keil Judith L
Abstract excerpt
Classic galactosemia is a potentially lethal disorder that results from profound impairment of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT). Despite decades of research, the underlying pathophysiology of classic galactosemia remains unclear, in part owing to the lack of an appropriate animal model. Here, we report the establishment of a Drosophila melanogaster model of classic galactosemia; this is the first...
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