Firefly luciferase: The structure is known, but the mystery remains

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-228

  Baldwin, Thomas O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0030584666     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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