The Widespread Occurrence and Tissue Distribution of the Imidazolopyrazine Luciferins

Luminescence

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-91

  Thomson, Catherine M ^a,c   Herring, P J ^b   Campbell, A K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coelenterazine; Imidazolopyrazine; Luciferin; Marine bioluminescence; Vargula type luciferin

Indexed keywords

FISH; MOLLUSCS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; TISSUE;

CELLULAR LEVELS; COELENTERAZINE; DEEP SEA; IMIDAZOLOPYRAZINE; IN-VIVO; LUCIFERIN; MARINE BIOLUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR LEVELS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS; VARGULUM-TYPE LUCIFERIN;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 85153267060     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1271(199703/04)12:2<87::AID-BIO438>3.3.CO;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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