Issue 2, 2008
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Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Firefly luminescence: A historical perspective and recent developments†

Hugo Fraga‡*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centro de Investigação em Química (UP), Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, Porto, Portugal
E-mail: hugo_fraga@hms.harvard.edu

Abstract

Significant advances have occurred regarding our knowledge of firefly luciferase mechanisms. Although most of this progress was an outcome of molecular biology and structural studies, important achievements have also occurred on its fundamental chemistry. Those developments are here summarized and presented in a historical perspective.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B719181B
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
12 Dec 2007
Accepted
03 Jan 2008
First published
23 Jan 2008

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008,7, 146-158

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H. Fraga, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 146 DOI: 10.1039/B719181B

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