Cloning and sequence analysis of laccase-enconing cDNA clones from tobacco

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 205-207

  Kiefer Meyer, Marie Christine ^a   Gomord, Véronique ^a   O'Connell, Ann ^b   Halpin, Claire ^b,c   Faye, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Copper binding region; Gene cloning; Lignin biosynthesis; Multicopper oxidase; Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; LACCASE; PLANT DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; HIGHER PLANT; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030608394     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00381-2     Document Type: Article

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