Evolution of beetle bioluminescence: The origin of beetle luciferin

Luminescence

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-20

  Day, John C ^a   Tisi, Laurence C ^b   Bailey, Mark J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lumora Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Coleoptera; Imaging; Luciferase; Luciferin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

BENZOTHIAZOLES; CHEMICAL ENERGY; COLEOPTERA; GENE EXPRESSION STUDIES; LIVING ORGANISMS; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEQUENCE DATA; STRUCTURAL DATA;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; LUCIFERIN; SIDEROPHORE; THIAMINE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BEETLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLLICUTES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; EVOLUTION; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLLICUTES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 4844228022     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: 10991271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.749     Document Type: Review

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