Characterization of luciferases and its paralogue in the Panamanian luminous click beetle Pyrophorus angustus: A click beetle luciferase lacks the fatty acyl-CoA synthetic activity

Gene

Volumn 452, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Kumazaki, Mizuho ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Elateridae; Fatty acyl CoA synthetase

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROPHORUS ANGUSTUS;

ACYL COENZYME A; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEETLES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AGRYPNINAE; ELATERIDAE; PYROPHORUS;

EID: 74449091800     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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