Firefly luminescence: A historical perspective and recent developments

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-158

  Fraga, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; FIREFLY; FLUORESCENCE; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 39049098131     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b719181b     Document Type: Review

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