Phenolic substrates for fluorometric detection of laccase activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 485-490

  Lonergan, Greg ^a   Mew, Elizabeth ^a   Schliephake, Kirsten ^a   Baker, Warren L ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Homovanillic acid; Laccase; P Hydroxyphenylacetic acid; Phenol

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; CATALASE; GLYCINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LACCASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LACCASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENYLACETATES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFONIC ACIDS;

CORIOLUS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PYCNOPORUS CINNABARINUS; PYRICULARIA; TRAMETES HIRSUTA;

EID: 0030805814     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00297-8     Document Type: Article

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