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LUCIFERASES FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FIREFLIES ARE ANTIGENICALLY SIMILAR
Author(s) -
Wienhausen G.,
DeLuca M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1985.tb01619.x
Subject(s) - lampyridae , luciferases , biology , luciferase , bioluminescence , enzyme , zoology , firefly protocol , ecology , biochemistry , transfection , gene
Abstract— Antibodies raised against luciferase purified from adult Photinus pyralis are shown to bind to luciferases from several species of the families Lampyridae and Elateridae. Based on their migration in denaturing gels, the enzymes from Pyrophorus plagiophthalamus are smaller and Photuris species larval enzyme is larger than the P. pvralis enzvme. All of the enzvmes examined are antieenicallv similar.