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Definition of Luciferase
1. Noun. (enzyme) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luciferase
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Luciferase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Luciferase
Literary usage of Luciferase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature of Animal Light by Edmund Newton Harvey (1920)
""We now know that these bodies are not fat droplets and that neither luciferin
nor luciferase are soluble in such fat solvents as ether, chloroform, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"He found also substances (luciferase) in the blood of various marine molluscs
and crustaceans which would give light with Pholas luciferin, but the latter ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"The acidity of the luciferin solution, luciferase solution, and the two after
mixing was ... As both luciferin and luciferase solutions contain proteins, ..."
4. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"luciferase activity was measured in various organs of double transgenic offspring
... (A) Pattern of luciferase activity in various organs of individual ..."
5. The Firefly's Light ...by Emerson Hough by Emerson Hough (1916)
""Yet another Frenchman, Dubois, says that he considers the firefly's light to be
due to two substances—luciferase and luci- ferin. ..."
6. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The acidity of the luciferin solution, luciferase solution, ... As both luciferin
and luciferase solutions contain proteins and as luciferase is certainly ..."
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