Determination of the luciferin contents in luminous and non-luminous beetles

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1384-1387

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Shintani, Takeru ^a   Nakamura, Takanori ^a   Ojika, Makoto ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cantharidae; Elateridae; Lampyridae; Lycidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION;

FIREFLY (CO); FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION (FLD); LUMINESCENCE REACTION;

LUMINESCENCE;

LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; FLUORESCENCE; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE;

CANTHARIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; ELATEROIDEA; LAMPYRIDAE; LYCIDAE;

EID: 45749103604     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80017     Document Type: Article

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