The Aspergillus Niger multicopper oxidase family: Analysis and overexpression of laccase-like encoding genes

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tamayo Ramos, Juan A ^a   Barends, Sharief ^b,c   Verhaert, Raymond M D ^b   De Graaff, Leo H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ProteoNic BV   (Netherlands)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus Niger; Laccase; Multicopper oxidase; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLAA GENE; MCOA GENE; MCOB GENE; MCOC GENE; MCOD GENE; MCOE GENE; MCOF GENE; MCOG GENE; MCOI GENE; MCOJ GENE; MCOM GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COPPER OXIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LACCASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; LACCASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85027937219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-78     Document Type: Article

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