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Firefly Family

Known as: Fireflies, firefly beetles, Lampyridae 
The family Lampyidae, which are bioluminescent BEETLES. They contain FIREFLY LUCIFERIN and LUCIFERASES. Oxidation of firefly luciferin results in… 
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LuciferasesMicrobiologicalaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

Narrower (2)

LuciolaPhotinus

Broader (1)

Order Coleoptera

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Determination of ATP and related compounds: firefly luminescence and other methods.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Microfluidic chip toward cellular ATP and ATP-conjugated metabolic analysis with bioluminescence detection.
In this article, a microfluidic platform integrating capillary electrophoresis and bioluminescence (BL) detection that was… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Interrogating androgen receptor function in recurrent prostate cancer.
The early androgen-dependent (AD) phase of prostate cancer is dependent on the androgen receptor (AR). However, it is unclear… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The lack of a stress response in Hydra oligactis is due to reduced hsp70 mRNA stability.
Synthesis and degradation of hsp70 mRNA was examined and compared in Hydra species living in different habitats and showing… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Gene expression in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following intramuscular injection of DNA.
Expression of the firefly luciferase gene under the control of viral or fish promoters was observed in fish tissue after direct… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Improved thermostability of the North American firefly luciferase: saturation mutagenesis at position 354.
We have used random chemical mutagenesis and a simple genetic screen to generate and isolate a thermostable mutant of luciferase… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Bioluminescence of the firefly: key steps in the formation of the electronically excited state for model systems.
The chemcial mechanism for formatin of electronically excited-state molecules from the thermal reaction of dimethyldioxetanone… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Rapid determination of picomole quantities of ATP with a liquid scintillation counter.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
SIMPLIFIED DETERMINATION OF BLOOD ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE USING THE FIREFLY SYSTEM.
A simplified method is described for the determination of red cell ATP using the firefly lantern extract method. Variables… 
Review
1952
Review
1952
Firefly luminescence in the study of energy transfer mechanisms. I. Substrate and enzyme determination.
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