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Four methods (an enzyme activity assay, western blotting, RT-PCR, and northern hybridization) to detect the enzyme D-amino-acid oxidase are described.
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Konno, R. Methods for the detection of d-amino-acid oxidase. Biol Proced Online 1, 27–31 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1251/bpo7
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