Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of a cDNA encoding the luciferase from the glow-worm, Lampyris turkestanicus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Said Alipour, Bagher ^a   Hosseinkhani, Saman ^a   Nikkhah, Maryam ^a   Naderi Manesh, Hossein ^a   Chaichi, Mohammad Javad ^b   Osaloo, Shahrokh Kazempour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

AMP binding domain; Bioluminescence; Firefly; Glow worm; Lampyris turkestanicus; Luciferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIREFLIES; IRAN; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMPYRIDAE; LAMPYRIS; LAMPYRIS NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA; PSEUDOPHENGODES PLUMOSA; PYROCOELIA; PYROCOELIA RUFA;

EID: 7444225804     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.10.022     Document Type: Article

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