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Table 1.

Sulfate incorporation of postnatal (P6) cartilage in wild-type and bm mice

	n	Mean SO₄^2– incorporation (cmp/mg±s.d.)	t-test P-value
Heparan sulfate
wt/wt	3	1.7×10⁴±0.31
bm/bm	3	2.4×10⁴±0.60	NS
Chondroitin sulfate
wt/wt	3	9.7×10⁶±0.21
bm/bm	3	5.7×10⁶±0.27	P<0.05

	n	Mean SO₄^2– incorporation (cmp/mg±s.d.)	t-test P-value
Heparan sulfate
wt/wt	3	1.7×10⁴±0.31
bm/bm	3	2.4×10⁴±0.60	NS
Chondroitin sulfate
wt/wt	3	9.7×10⁶±0.21
bm/bm	3	5.7×10⁶±0.27	P<0.05

n, number of independent experiments; s.d., standard deviation;NS, not significant