The molecular relationship between deficient UDP-galactose uridyl transferase (GALT) and ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGT) enzyme function: A possible cause for poor long-term prognosis in classic galactosemia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1051-1057

  Lebea, Phiyani Justice ^a   Pretorius, Pieter J ^b  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; CEREBROSIDE; ENZYME; GALACTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE GALACTOSE URIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GALACTOSEMIA; GENE MUTATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLENOMEGALY;

GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; N-ACYLSPHINGOSINE GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; UDPGLUCOSE-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 26444520380     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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