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IN 1883 Yoshida1 discovered, in the latex of the Japanese lacquer tree (Rhus vernicifera), a thermolabile substance which was responsible for the darkening and hardening of the lacquer.
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KEILIN, D., MANN, T. Laccase, a Blue Copper-Protein Oxidase from the Latex of Rhus succedanea. Nature 143, 23–24 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143023b0
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