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Science 27 November 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3387, pp. 1473 - 1474
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3387.1473-a
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Enzymatic Factors in Experimental Galactose Cataract

SIDNEY LERMAN 1

1 Division of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York

In the rat lens, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity is specifically inhibited by galactose-l-phosphate, both in vitro and in vivo. In galactose-fed animals this inhibition occurs prior to the apparent inhibition of soluble protein synthesis in the ocular lens.


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