Orthologous gene of beetle luciferase in non-luminous click beetle, Agrypnus binodulus (Elateridae), encodes a fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

Gene

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-175

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Iida, Koichiro ^a   Ojika, Makoto ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Evolution; Firefly; Luciferin; Orthologue

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ABLL GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLADISTICS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; JAPAN; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COENZYME A LIGASES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; GENES, INSECT; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AGRYPNUS BINODULUS; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; PYROPHORUS PLAGIOPHTHALAMUS;

EID: 37049030585     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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