Semi-synthetic aequorin. An improved tool for the measurement of calcium ion concentration.

The photoprotein aequorin isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea emits blue light in the presence of Ca2+ by an intramolecular process that involves chemical transformation of the coelenterazine moiety into coelenteramide and CO2. Because of its high sensitivity to Ca2+, aequorin has widely been used...

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Main Authors: Shimomura, O, Musicki, B, Kishi, Y
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1988
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1149017/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3401214
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