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Brief Report

DMSO-tolerant ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) tandem assay optimised for high-throughput screening

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Pages 309-318 | Received 18 Oct 2022, Accepted 16 Nov 2022, Published online: 30 Nov 2022

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