An ancestral luciferase in the Malpighi tubules of a non-bioluminescent beetle!

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Viviani, V R ^a,b   Prado, R A ^a,b   Arnoldi, F C G ^a,c   Abdalla, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENEBRIO;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; ZOPHOBAS MORIO;

EID: 58149345705     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b817114a     Document Type: Article

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