Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer of 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase corrects tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency in fibroblasts from hyperphenylalaninemic patients

Human Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1587-1593

  Thony B ^a   Leimbacher, W ^a   Stuhlmann, H ^b   Heizmann, C W ^a   Blau, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN; CYTOKINE; DOPAMINE; DYSPROPTERIN; NEOPTERIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLALANINE; SEROTONIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029761943     PISSN: 10430342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hum.1996.7.13-1587     Document Type: Article

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