Characterization of the gene encoding an extracellular laccase of myceliophthora thermophila and analysis of the recombinant enzyme expressed in aspergillus oryzae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3151-3157

  Berka, Randy M ^a   Schneider, Palle ^b   Golightly, Elizabeth J ^a   Brown, Stephen H ^a   Madden, Mark ^a   Brown, Kimberly M ^a   Halkier, Torben ^b   Mondorf, Kristine ^b   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CORYNASCUS HETEROTHALLICUS; FUNGI; MYCELIOPHTHORA;

EID: 0030838432     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3151-3157.1997     Document Type: Article

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