The identification and characterization of four laccases from the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-403

  Wahleithner, Jill A ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Brown, Kim M ^a   Brown, Stephen H ^a   Golightly, Elizabeth J ^a   Halkier, Torben ^b   Kauppinen, Sakari ^b   Pederson, Anders ^b   Schneider, Palle ^b  

^a NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fungi; Laccas; Phenols oxidas; Rhizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LACCASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE NUMBER; GENE STRUCTURE; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0029871579     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208621     Document Type: Article

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