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Luciferase‐free Luciferin Electrochemiluminescence
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022 AbstractLuciferin is one of Nature's most widespread luminophores, and enzymes that catalyze luciferin luminescence are the basis of successful commercial “glow” assays for gene expression and metabolic ATP formation. Herein we report an electrochemical method to promote firefly's luciferin luminescence in the absence of its natural biocatalyst ...
Mattia Belotti +7 more
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Biosynthesis of firefly luciferin in adult lantern: decarboxylation of L-cysteine is a key step for benzothiazole ring formation in firefly luciferin synthesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bioluminescence in fireflies and click beetles is produced by a luciferase-luciferin reaction. The luminescence property and protein structure of firefly luciferase have been investigated, and its cDNA has been used for various assay systems.
Yuichi Oba +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Luciferin biosynthetic origin and alternative biological functions during the evolution of beetles remain unknown. We have set up a bioluminescent sensing method for luciferin synthesis from cysteine and benzoquinone using E.
Daniel Rangel de Souza +3 more
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Sustained Effect of Hyaluronic Acid in Subcutaneous Administration to the Cochlear Spiral Ganglion. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The spatiotemporal distribution of drugs in the inner ear cannot be precisely evaluated because of its small area and complex structure. In the present study, we used hyaluronic acid (HA)-dispersed luciferin to image transgenic mice and to determine the ...
Yozo Inagaki +11 more
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New luciferin-based probe substrates for human CYP26A1
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2020 Activity of human CYP26A1 towards six proluciferin probe substrates and their ester derivatives was monitored. These included three monofluorobenzyl ether isomers and three five-membered heterocycles.
Shishir Sharma +5 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 Fungal bioluminescence is widely distributed in the terrestrial environment. At a specific stage of growth, luminescent fungi shine green light at the fruiting body or mycelium.
Xiayu Liu, Mingyu Wang, Yajun Liu
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Transcriptome analysis reveals candidate genes involved in luciferin metabolism in Luciola aquatilis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Bioluminescence, which living organisms such as fireflies emit light, has been studied extensively for over half a century. This intriguing reaction, having its origins in nature where glowing insects can signal things such as attraction or defense, is ...
Wanwipa Vongsangnak +2 more
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Effects of pentoxifylline on canine platelet aggregation
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2021 Background Pentoxifylline can decrease platelet function in humans, but the anti‐platelet effects of pentoxifylline in dogs is unknown. The addition of a luciferin–luciferase reagent during platelet aggregometry can induce a dose‐dependent potentiation ...
John M. Thomason +3 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Sensitive detection of biological events is a goal for the design and characterization of sensors that can be used in vitro and in vivo. One important second messenger is Ca++ which has been a focus of using genetically encoded Ca++ indicators (GECIs ...
Jie Yang, Carl Hirschie Johnson
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Label-free phenotypic profiling identified D-luciferin as a GPR35 agonist. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fluorescent and luminescent probes are essential to both in vitro molecular assays and in vivo imaging techniques, and have been extensively used to measure biological function.
Haibei Hu, Huayun Deng, Ye Fang
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