White truffles, like black ones, are tyrosinase positive

Plant Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Miranda, Michele ^a   Zarivi, Osvaldo ^a   Bonfigli, Antonella ^a   Porretta, Rocchina ^a   Aimola, Pierpaolo ^a   Pacioni, Giovanni ^a   Ragnelli, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laccase; Melanin; Truffle; Tuber; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGUS; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030592381     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04481-0     Document Type: Article

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