Separation of firefly luciferase using an anion exchanger
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Development of a thermostable firefly luciferase
Firefly luciferase forms the basis of a wide range of analytical techniques. However, the enzyme is unstable and rapidly loses activity even at room temperature. This leads to losses in sensitivity and precision in analytical applications and also severely limits the fieldability of devices incorporating luciferase-based technologies. A number of point mutations have previously been identified ...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(76)80750-8