Laccase is essential for lignin degradation by the white‐rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
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- 7 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley
- Vol. 407 (1) , 89-92
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00301-3
Abstract
The white‐rot fungus, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, provides an excellent model organism to elucidate the controversial role of laccase in lignin degradation. P. cinnabarinus produces laccase in one isofo...Keywords
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