Theoretical study of the amazing firefly bioluminescence: The formation and structures of the light emitters

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6962-6971

  Orlova, Galina ^a   Goddard, John D ^a   Brovko, Lioubov Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; ENZYMES; LIGHT EMISSION; NEGATIVE IONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EXOTHERMICITY;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

LUCIFERIN; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYLUCIFERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLOR; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECARBOXYLATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THEORY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; INDOLES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXYGEN; PYRAZINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037905684     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja021255a     Document Type: Article

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