Laccase from prokaryotes: A new source for an old enzyme

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-326

  Singh, Gursharan ^a,d   Bhalla, Aditya ^b   Kaur, Paramjit ^c   Capalash, Neena ^a   Sharma, Prince ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^c GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biobleaching; Dye decolorization; Laccase; Mediators; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 81755185426     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-011-9257-4     Document Type: Review

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