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Steroid sulfatase activities are significantly higher in placentas obtained after the birth of girls than after the birth of boys, and also in female fibroblasts compared to male strains. This constitutes biochemical evidence for the non-inactivation of the X-linked sulfatase locus. No hydrolytic activity is found in the fibroblasts of ichthyotic boys. Heterozygosity is demonstrated in the fibroblasts of the four mothers studied, as they have steroid sulfatase activity of less or equivalent to the normal male value.
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Bedin, M., Weil, D., Fournier, T. et al. Biochemical evidence for the non-inactivation of the steroid sulfatase locus in human placenta and fibroblasts. Hum Genet 59, 256–258 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283675
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