Tandem organization and highly disparate expression of the two laccase genes lcc1 and lcc2 in the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1063-1069

  Smith, M ^a   Shnyreva, A ^a,b   Wood, D A ^a   Thurston, C F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Differential regulation; Laccase genes; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; LACCASE; MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA;

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; START CODON; STOP CODON;

AGARICALES; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0031977068     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-1063     Document Type: Article

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