Photochemical decarboxylation of firefly luciferin analogs.
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Correction: Biosynthesis of Firefly Luciferin in Adult Lantern: Decarboxylation of L-Cysteine is a Key Step for Benzothiazole Ring Formation in Firefly Luciferin Synthesis
Background: Bioluminescence in fireflies and click beetles is produced by a luciferase-luciferin reaction. The luminescence property and protein structure of firefly luciferase have been investigated, and its cDNA has been used for various assay systems. The chemical structure of firefly luciferin was identified as the D-form in 1963 and studies on the biosynthesis of firefly luciferin began ea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Agricultural and Biological Chemistry
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0002-1369,1881-1280
DOI: 10.1271/bbb1961.41.217