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Long-term follow-up and treatment in nine boys with X-linked creatine transporter defect.

van de Kamp JM, Pouwels PJ, Aarsen FK, Ten Hoopen LW, Knol DL, de Klerk JB, de Coo IF, Huijmans JG, Jakobs C, van der Knaap MS, Salomons GS, Mancini GM.SourceDepartment of Clinical Genetics, VU University Medical Center, PO Box?7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, jm.vandekamp@vumc.nl.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease.J Inherit Metab Dis.2011 May 10. [Epub ahead of print]
The creatine transporter (CRTR) defect is a recently discovered cause of X-linked intellectual disability for which treatment options have been explored. Creatine monotherapy has not proved effective, and the effect of treatment with L-arginine is still controversial. Nine boys between 8?months and
PMID 21556832

Overexpression of CrtR-b2 (carotene beta hydroxylase 2) from S. lycopersicum L. differentially affects xanthophyll synthesis and accumulation in transgenic tomato plants.

D'Ambrosio C, Stigliani AL, Giorio G.SourceMetapontum Agrobios, SS Jonica 106, Km 448.2, 75012, Metaponto, Italy.
Transgenic research.Transgenic Res.2011 Feb;20(1):47-60. Epub 2010 Apr 11.
Plant chloroplasts are enriched in xanthophylls which participate in photosynthesis as light-absorbing pigments and as dissipaters of excess light. In comparison, chromoplasts have evolved the capacity to synthesize and store brightly coloured carotenoid pigments to give flowers and fruits the power
PMID 20383744