Isolation of laccase gene-specific sequences from white rot and brown rot fungi by PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3739-3744

  D'Souza, Trevor M ^a   Boominathan, K ^a,b   Reddy, C Adinarayana ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LACCASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASIDIOMYCETES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHANEROCHAETE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS TIGRINUS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHANEROCHAETE; PHLEBIA BREVISPORA; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0029743085     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3739-3744.1996     Document Type: Article

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