Two bioluminescent diptera: The North American Orfelia fultoni and the Australian Arachnocampa flava. Similar niche, different bioluminescence systems

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-27

  Viviani, Vadim R ^a   Hastings, J Woodland ^a   Wilson, Thérèse ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGON; ASCORBIC ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERIN BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARACHNOCAMPA FLAVA; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLOR; ENZYME ISOLATION; FLY; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORFELIA FULTONI; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARACHNOCAMPA; ARACHNOCAMPA FLAVA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; ORFELIA; ORFELIA FULTONI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; AUSTRALIA; DIPTERA; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENVIRONMENT; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; NORTH AMERICA; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036369283     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)075<0022:TBDTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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