Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases
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July 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
...nighttime displays, these insects have contributed an important tool to the scientific community: luciferases,...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...Engineered
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Luciferase reporter assays for monitoring gene regulation
Since firefly...approach has even been used in biosensors where BRET reports on the change in conformation of a single protein...