Molecular cloning and expression of the cDNAs encoding luciferin-regenerating enzyme from Luciola cruciata and Luciola lateralis

Gene

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 157-166

  Gomi, Keiko ^a   Hirokawa, Kozo ^a   Kajiyama, Naoki ^a  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior fat body protein; Firefly; Luciferase; Oxyluciferin; Senescence marker protein 30; SMP30

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FAT PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; MAMMALIAN SENESCENCE MARKER PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRE FLY; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INDOLES; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PYRAZINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CRUCIATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA; LUCIOLA LATERALIS; MAMMALIA; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 0037055277     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00764-3     Document Type: Article

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