Cloning and characterization of the cDNA for the Brazilian Cratomorphus distinctus larval firefly luciferase: Similarities with European Lampyris noctiluca and Asiatic Pyrocoelia luciferases

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Viviani, V R ^a   Arnoldi, Frederico G C ^a   Brochetto Braga, M ^a   Ohmiya, Y ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Cratomorphini; Cratomorphus; Lampyridae; Luciferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATOMORPHUS DISTINCTUS; GENETIC CODE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRATOMORPHUS DISTINCTUS; HOTARIA; LAMPYRIDAE; LAMPYRIS; LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA; LUCIOLA; NOCTILUCA; PHOTINUS; PHOTURIS; PYROCOELIA;

EID: 4644300233     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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