Use of Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR to Study the Expression of a Laccase Gene Family in a Basidiomycetous Fungus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7083-7090

  González, Tania ^a,b   Terrón, María C ^a   Zapico, Ernesto J ^a,c   Téllez, Alejandro ^a,d   Yagüe, Susana ^a   Carbajo, José M ^a,e   González, Aldo E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Inst Cubano Derivados Cana Azucar   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^e INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; LACCASES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

2,5 DIMETHOXYBENZYL ALCOHOL; 3,5 DIMETHOXYBENZYL ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LACCASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMER; LCC1 GENE; LCC2 GENE; LCC3 GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; TRAMETES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ISOMERISM; LACCASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2142799562     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7083-7090.2003     Document Type: Article

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