A photinus pyralis and Luciola italica chimeric firefly luciferase produces enhanced bioluminescence

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 6287-6289

  Branchini, Bruce R ^a   Southworth, Tara L ^a   Fontaine, Danielle M ^a   Davis, Audrey L ^a   Behney, Curran E ^a   Murtiashaw, Martha H ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUCIFERIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUCIOLA; LUCIOLA ITALICA; NONHUMAN; PHOTINUS PYRALIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTUM YIELD; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FIREFLY; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ENZYME ASSAYS; FIREFLIES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84908020936     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi501202u     Document Type: Article

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