Identification and characterization of a luciferase isotype in the Japanese firefly, Luciola cruciata, involving in the dim glow of firefly eggs

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 10788-10795

  Oba, Yuichi ^a   Mori, Nanae ^a   Yoshida, Mayumi ^a   Inouye, Satoshi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COA; ADULT FEMALES; COLEOPTERA; EMISSION MAXIMA; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; GENE PRODUCTS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PCR ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FIREFLIES; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIOLA CRUCIATA;

EID: 78650455245     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi1016342     Document Type: Article

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