The luminescent protein luciferase, found in fireflies and other beetles, is a bioanalytical workhorse. Scientists use it as a reporter molecule to detect gene expression, microbial contamination, and ...

SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB) - Fireflies produce light through a chemical reaction involving two key compounds: luciferin and ...

The most well-known instance of bioluminescence is the light produced by fireflies. Firefly luciferase has been harnessed for biological research by coupling the luciferase reaction with other ...

Correction: We’ve since been informed that the team plans on using a luciferin/luciferase system from bacteria, which operates through a completely unrelated mechanism to the one used by fireflies. In ...

These include Robert Boyle’s observations in 1667 on the importance of oxygen for bacterial bioluminescence, as well as Louise Dubois’ research on the bioluminescent beetle Pyrophorus sp. Taken ...

A group of researchers have come up with a way to assemble a protein sensor inside plant cells to detect previously unclear chemical signalling. A team of researchers devised a tiny sensor that ...