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Molecular basis of maple syrup urine disease and stable correction by retroviral gene transfer.
The Journal of nutrition - 1 Jun 1995
Chuang D T, Davie J R, Wynn R M, Chuang J L, Koyata H, Cox R P
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) or branched-chain ketoaciduria is caused by a deficiency of the branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase (BCKAD) complex. This results in the accumulation of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and branched-chain alpha-keto acids (BCKA), which often produce severe neurological damage and mental retardation. The present studies focus on mutations in the E1 alpha gene of the...
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