Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1281-1284

  Hirano, Takashi ^a   Nagai, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuhashi, Takuto ^a   Hasumi, Yosuke ^a   Iwano, Satoshi ^a   Ito, Kazuto ^a   Maki, Shojiro ^a   Niwa, Haruki ^a   Viviani, Vadim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA;

AMINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; OXYLUCIFERIN; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINES; ANIMALS; COLOR; FIREFLIES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; INDOLES; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PYRAZINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863939227     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25106j     Document Type: Article

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