Evolutionary and structural diversity of fungal laccases

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Valderrama, Brenda ^a   Oliver, Patricia ^a   Medrano Soto, Arturo ^b   Vazquez Duhalt, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ascomycete; Basidiomycete; Laccase; Multi copper oxidases; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL OXIDASE; COPPER; FUNGAL ENZYME; ISOENZYME; LACCASE;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0242690298     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026070122451     Document Type: Article

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