Scientists at Nagoya University publish new data on life sciences

Research findings, 'Characterization of luciferases and its paralogue in the Panamanian luminous click beetle Pyrophorus angustus: a click beetle luciferase lacks the fatty acyl-CoA synthetic activity,' are discussed in a new report. "Two luciferase genes (dPaLuc and vPaLuc) and one paralogue of luciferase (PaLL) were isolated from the Panamanian luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus angustus (Elateridae, Pyrophorinae). The transcripts of dPaLuc and vPaLuc were predominantly detected in the body parts with dorsal photophore and ventral photophore, respectively, and the transcript of PaLL was detected in both parts," researchers in Nagoya, Japan report.

"The gene products of...

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