Purification and characterization of laccase II of Aspergillus nidulans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-84

  Scherer, Mario ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cleistothecia; Filamentous fungi; Laccase; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

LACCASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOENZYMES; LACCASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031843184     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050617     Document Type: Article

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