Galactose toxicity in animals
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Kent Lai; Louis J. Elsas; Klaas J. Wierenga
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract In most organisms, productive utilization of galactose requires the highly conserved Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism. Yet, if this metabolic pathway is perturbed due to congenital deficiencies of the three associated enzymes, or an overwhelming presence of galactose, this monosac