Bioluminescence color determinants of Phrixothrix railroad-worm luciferases: Chimeric luciferases, site-directed mutagenesis of Arg 215 and guanidine effect

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-271

  Viviani, V R ^a,b   Ohmiya, Y ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GUANIDINE; LUCIFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHIMERA; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LIGHT; PHRIXOTHRIX; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAILWAY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WORM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; DNA PRIMERS; GUANIDINE; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

PHENGODIDAE; PHRIXOTHRIX; PHRIXOTHRIX HIRTUS; PHRIXOTHRIX VIVIANII;

EID: 0034256868     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0267:BCDOPR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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