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Role of Plant Laccases in Lignin Polymerization
SERGE BERTHET,
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JOHANNE THEVENIN,
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DAVY BARATINY,
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NATHALIE DEMONT-CAULET,
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ISABELLE DEBEAUJON,
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PRZEMYSLAW BIDZINSKI,
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JEAN-CHARLES LEPLE,
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RUDY HUIS,
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SIMON HAWKINS,
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LEONARDO-D GOMEZ,
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CATHERINE LAPIERRE
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AND
LISE JOUANIN
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*INRA, UMR 1318, Institut Jean Pierre Bourgin,
Versailles cedex, France
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AgroParisTech, Institut Jean Pierre Bourgin, Versailles cedex, France
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Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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INRA, UR588 Am´lioration, G´n´tique et Physiologie Foresti`res,
Orl´ans cedex 2, France
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Universit´ Lille Nord de France, Lille 1/INRA, Stress Abiotiques et
Diff´renciation des V´g´taux Cultiv´s, Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York,
United Kingdom
I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
II. Plant Laccases Are Multicopper Oxidases Showing Broad In Vitro
Substrate Specificity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
III. Towards the Functional Identification of Plant Laccases
Through Functional Genomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
A. First Literature Data for or Against Lignin-Specific Laccases . . . . . . . . . . 149
B. Plant Laccases: How to Identify Function(s)
in Large Multigenic Families? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
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Corresponding author: E-mail: lise.jouanin@versailles.inra.fr
