A new firefly luciferase with bimodal spectrum: Identification of structural determinants of spectral pH-sensitivity in firefly luciferases

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 843-848

  Viviani, Vadim R ^a   Oehlmeyer, T L ^a   Arnoldi, F G C ^a   Brochetto Braga, M R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FIREFLY; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FIREFLIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LAMPYRIDAE; PHOTINUS; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 24644484204     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-12-09-RA-398R.1     Document Type: Article

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