No evidence for lignin peroxidase genes in ectomycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 461-462

  Cairney, John W G ^a   Taylor, Andrew F S ^b   Burke, Ron M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA sequences; Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi; Lignin peroxidase; Manganese peroxidase; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0344663994     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00928.x     Document Type: Letter

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