Luciferase from the Italian firefly Luciola italica: Molecular cloning and expression

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Branchini, Bruce R ^a   Southworth, Tara L ^a   DeAngelis, Jennifer P ^a   Roda, Aldo ^b   Michelini, Elisa ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cloning; Firefly; Luciferase; Luciola italica; Phylogeny; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FIREFLY; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HOTARIA PARVULA; HOTARIA UNMUNSANA; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA; LUCIOLA MINGRELICA;

EID: 33748917808     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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