Diversity of laccase-like multicopper oxidase genes in Morchellaceae: Identification of genes potentially involved in extracellular activities related to plant litter decay

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-163

  Kellner, Harald ^a,b   Luis, Patricia ^c   Buscot, François ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Unité de Biologie Animale et Microbienne   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatic compound degradation; Expression; Gene diversity; Laccase like multicopper oxidase; Morchella

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; GUAIACOL; LACCASE; LACCASE LIKE MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGICIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAF LITTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCINACEAE; FUNGUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIQUID CULTURE; MORCHELLACEAE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LITTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GUAIACOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL;

ASCOMYCOTA; DISCINACEAE; MORCHELLA; MORCHELLA CONICA; MORCHELLACEAE; VERPA CONICA;

EID: 34249995140     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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