Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases
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...luciferases, which have become common genetic reporters and alternatives to fluorescent proteins.
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Bioluminescent reporters require a chemical substrate (and sometimes cofactors...signal sensitivity. Another advantage: luciferase reporters aren’t susceptible to photobleaching — they’ll...firefly luciferase was the first bioluminescent reporter to be cloned and remains popular, other luciferases...beetle (Pyrophorus plagiophthalamus), deep-sea copepod (Gaussia princeps), Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata...or naphthyl-luciferin analogs
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Deep sea copepod (Gaussia princeps)
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Coelenterazine...Engineered
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AkaLumine
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Luciferase reporter assays for monitoring gene regulation
Since firefly...