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Firefly Luciferin

Known as: (S)-4,5-Dihydro-2-(6-hydroxybenzothiazol-2-yl)thiazole-4-carboxylic acid, Firefly Luciferin [Chemical/Ingredient], Luciferin, Firefly 
A benzothaizole which is oxidized by LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY to cause emission of light (LUMINESCENCE).
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Luminescent Agents

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2018
2018
Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and computational studies of 2-cyano-6-hydroxybenzothiazole: a key synthetic intermediate of firefly luciferin
Firefly luciferin is widely applied as a biotechnological tool for visualizing various biological processes in vitro and in vivo… 
2017
2017
The firefly dilemma
2014
2014
Resource Scheduling Simulation Design of Firefly Algorithm Based on Chaos Optimization in Cloud Computing
The problem of resources under the environment of cloud computing has always been the focus of research. In this paper, the… 
2012
2012
Improvement of Thermostability and Activity of Firefly Luciferase Through [TMG][Ac] Ionic Liquid Mediator
Firefly luciferase catalyzes production of light from luciferin in the presence of Mg2+–ATP and oxygen. This enzyme has wide… 
2011
2011
An Improved Firefly Algorithm with Directed Movement
Firefly Algorithm is one of the evolutionary computing models that is inspired by fireflies behavior in nature. Each firefly's… 
2007
2007
Parameter Estimation and Tuning of Firefly Luciferase Pathway Model
In this work, firefly luciferase activities are studied to create a new model for the kinetics of the system. In the previous… 
1999
1999
Method for stabilizing firefly luciferin
1982
1982
Analysis of the disagreement between automated bioluminescence-based and culture methods for detecting significant bacteriuria, with proposals for standardizing evaluations of bacteriuria detection…
A fully automated method for detecting significant bacteriuria is described which uses firefly luciferin and luciferase to detect… 
1976
1976
Molecular mechanism of inhibition of firefly luminescence by local anesthetics.
The kinetics of the action of local anesthetics upon firefly luciferin and luciferase systems is presented. Clinical… 
1973
1973
Synthesis of a new substrate analog of firefly luciferin. An active-site probe.
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