Molecular analysis of a laccase gene from the white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1766-1772

  Eggert, Claudia ^a   LaFayette, Peter R ^b   Temp, Ulrike ^a   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^c   Dean, Jeffrey F D ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACCASE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORIOLUS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PYCNOPORUS CINNABARINUS; TRAMETES HIRSUTA;

EID: 0031803708     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1766-1772.1998     Document Type: Article

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