Table 3. Disaccharide composition of CS isolated from Galnac4s6st^+/+ or Galnac4s6st^−/− mice.

	pmol/mg (mol%)a
Disaccharides	Galnac4s6st+/+	Galnac4s6st−/−
ΔDi-0S	40.7 ± 8.8 (5.4)	20.2 ± 1.2 (5.2)
ΔDi-6S	7.0 ± 1.1 (0.9)	4.1 ± 0.2* (1.1)
ΔDi-4S	692.7 ± 38.6 (91.7)	361.5 ± 18.4*** (93.7)
ΔDi-diSD	N.D.	N.D.
ΔDi-diSE	15.0 ± 7.1 (2.0)	N.D
Total	755.4 ± 39.7 (100)	385.8 ± 17.5*** (100)

^aThe values represent the mean ± s.d. (n = 3).

*, P < 0.05;

***, P < 0.001.