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The firefly has an organic compound in it that is called luciferin. When the firefly pumps air into its abdomen it reacts with the luciferin and lights up.
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www.reference.com/topic/Firefly-Larva
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Science Links Japan | Preliminary Aspects of Firefly Luciferin ... Title;Preliminary Aspects of Firefly Luciferin Biosynthetic Pathway Based on Its Chiral Analysis ... However, only L-cysteine
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Firefly luciferin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_luciferin
Firefly luciferin is the luciferin, or light-emitting compound, found in many firefly ( Lampyridae) species. It is the substrate of luciferase (EC 1.13.12.7), which is ...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1217473/
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Jul 1, 1996 ... L-Luciferin is a competitive inhibitor of firefly luciferase with a K1 between 3 and 4 microM. Furthermore L-luciferin can serve as an alternative ...
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pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00529a051
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For firefly luciferin ester (3a), the products were oxyluciferin (5a, 30%) ... for both the bio- and chemiluminescence of firefly luciferin appears to be secure. 0 1980 ...
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110211153929.htm
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Feb 11, 2011 ... Scientists have developed a probe for monitoring hydrogen peroxide levels in mice that enables them to track the progression of cancerous ...
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www.firefliesandglow-worms.co.uk/luciferin.html
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Firefly Luciferin. Detailed studies into beetle luciferin first began around the same time that work began to investigate beetle luciferase. It was in 1957 that Bitler ...
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www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/chem/detail2.html
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Firefly luciferin is used in a luciferin-luciferase system that requires ATP as a cofactor. Because of this, it can be used as a bio-indicator of the presence of energy ...
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