Steady-state bioluminescence of bacterial luciferase using electrochemical regeneration of flavin substrate and its application to inhibitory analysis

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-70

  Yamasaki, Shinya ^a   Nakashima, Shinya ^a   Yamada, Shuto ^a   Takehara, Kô ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial luciferase; Continuous luminescence; Electrochemical reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LUCIFERASE; BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; CONTINUOUS LUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL LUMINESCENCES; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REGENERATIONS; ENZYMATIC REACTIONS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; HYDROPHOBIC MOLECULES; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; LUMINESCENCE REACTIONS; MODEL SYSTEMS; REACTION SYSTEMS;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

LUMINESCENCE;

ALKANAL MONOOXYGENASE (FMN LINKED); FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; NONHUMAN;

AMIDES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FLAVINS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 61849154035     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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