Mutant Luciferase Enzymes from Fireflies with Increased Resistance to Benzalkonium Chloride

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2587-2593

  Hattori, Noriaki ^a   Kajiyama, Naoki ^a   Maeda, Masako ^b   Murakami, Seiji ^a  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP bioluminescence; Benzalkonium chloride; Biomass assay; Firefly luciferase; Hygiene monitoring

Indexed keywords

CRUCIATA; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA; LUCIOLA LATERALIS; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

BENZALKONIUM; LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037601631     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2587     Document Type: Article

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