Molecular characterization of a blue-copper laccase, TILA, of Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-213

  Scherer, Mario ^a   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Copper enzyme; Laccase; Melanin; Oxidase; Polar growth

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0035972871     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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