Bioluminescence of the arm light organs of the luminous squid Watasenia scintillans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1780, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 784-792

  Teranishi, Katsunori ^a   Shimomura, Osamu ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Photoprotein Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Bioluminescence; Coelenterazine disulfate; Luciferase; Watasenia scintillans

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COELENTERAMIDE DISULFATE; COELENTERAZINE DISULFATE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; MAGNESIUM; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUID; TEMPERATURE; WATASENIA SCINTILLANS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DECAPODIFORMES; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMIDAZOLES; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PYRAZINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

CEPHALOPODA; WATASENIA; WATASENIA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 45049083223     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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