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Definition of Luciferin
1. Noun. Pigment occurring in luminescent organisms (as fireflies); emits heatless light when undergoing oxidation.
Definition of Luciferin
1. Noun. (biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process. ¹
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Definition of Luciferin
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Medical Definition of Luciferin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Luciferin
Literary usage of Luciferin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"PH —9.04. Therefore, not enough CO, is produced to affect the H-ion concentration.
As both luciferin and luciferase solutions contain proteins, ..."
3. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"this tube could be broken and the luciferase and luciferin solutions mixed.
It was found that even after the luciferase and luciferin solutions came to the ..."
4. 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, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"On this theory, therefore, the luciferin is the source of the light and, according
to Dubois, Pholas luciferin will give light on oxidation with KMnO^, ..."
6. Year books by Plainfield High School (Plainfield, N.J.) (1919)
"The acidity of the luciferin solution, luciferase solution, and the two after
mixing was ... As both luciferin and luciferase solutions contain proteins, ..."
7. Information Annual (1917)
"Luciferase, according to Dubois, a thermolabile enzyme capable of accelerating
the oxidation of luciferin, is prepared by allowing an extract of luminous ..."
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