Fungal Laccases: Structure, Function and Application

Fungal Enzymes

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 113-151

  Piscitelli, Alessandra ^a,b   Pezzella, Cinzia ^a,b   Lettera, Vincenzo ^a,b   Giardina, Paola ^a   Faraco, Vincenza ^a   Sannia, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Biopox srl   (Italy)

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