Molecular and enzymatic characterisation of extra- and intracellular laccases from the acidophilic ascomycete Hortaea acidophila

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-194

  Tetsch, Larissa ^a   Bend, Jutta ^a   Hölker, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidophilic fungi; Ascomycete; Intracellular laccase; Inverse PCR; Laccase genes; Melanin synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LACCASE; LACCASE I; LACCASE II; MELANIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SYRINGOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDOPHILY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORTAEA ACIDOPHILA; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PYROGALLOL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; HORTAEA ACIDOPHILA;

EID: 33747704926     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9064-z     Document Type: Article

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