cDNA cloning, expression and homology modeling of a luciferase from the firefly Lampyroidea maculata

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-585

  Emamzadeh, Abdo Rahman ^a   Hosseinkhani, Saman ^a   Sadeghizadeh, Majid ^a   Nikkhah, Maryam ^b   Chaichi, Mohammad Javad ^c   Mortazavi, Mojtaba ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AMP Binding domain; Firefly; Homology modeling; Lampyroidea maculata; Luciferase; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 33750820436     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: 12258687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2006.39.5.578     Document Type: Article

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