Title :
Beetle luciferases as transducers of biochemical and genetic events
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Some general features of bioluminescence that make it useful as a biochemical transducer and specific applications derived from beetle luciferases are presented. The use of beetle luciferases to detect minute concentrations of adenosine triphosphate and metabolically related compounds and to monitor the activity of genes in living organisms is described. The recent introduction of beetle luciferases that emit different colors of light is discussed
Keywords :
biosensors; cellular biophysics; chemioception; luminescence; proteins; adenosine triphosphate; beetle luciferases; biochemical transducer; bioluminescence; biosensing; enzymes; genetic events; living organisms; metabolically related compounds; Biological systems; Bioluminescence; Biomedical optical imaging; Chemical processes; Chemical transducers; Genetics; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Organisms; Production systems;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96117
