Bioluminescence

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue , 1998, Pages 197-230

  Wilson, Thérèse ^a   Woodland Hastings, J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; GFP; Luciferase; Quorum sensing; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COELENTERATE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; CNIDARIA; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; FISHES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; COELENTERATA; COLEOPTERA; DINOPHYCEAE; PISCES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345130075     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.14.1.197     Document Type: Review

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