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luciferase

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luciferase
(loosif´rās´),
n an enzyme present in certain luminous organisms that act to bring about the oxidation of luciferins; energy produced in the process is liberated as bioluminescence.


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Scientists have also uncovered the genetic information, contained in a firefly's DNA, responsible for producing luciferase.
Firefly delight by Sohn, Emily / Science News for Kids
To this end, the ER-negative glial cell line U251-MG was transfected with the three zebrafish ER subtypes and the Aro-B promoter linked to a luciferase reporter gene.
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Pieribone and Gruber reveal the painstaking efforts of scientists to identify the mechanisms behind this mysterious light, including 19th-century work by Raphael Dubois, who coined the terms luciferase and luciferine to describe the catalyst and fuel for the biofluorescent reaction.
Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence by Science News
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