Shining the light: The mechanism of the bioluminescence reaction of calcium-binding photoproteins

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 337-347

  Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^a   Hirano, Takashi ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030133674     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90116-7     Document Type: Review

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