Identification of a functional luciferase gene in the non-luminous diurnal firefly, Lucidina biplagiata

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 737-743

  Oba, Y ^a   Furuhashi, M ^a   Inouye, S ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

bioluminescence; Lampyridae; luciferin; Luciola cruciata; Photinus pyralis

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FIREFLY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FIREFLIES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIDINA BIPLAGIATA; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 78449278390     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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