NOVEL MONOMERIC LUCIFERASE ENZYMES AS TOOLS TO STUDY PLANT GENE-REGULATION INVIVO

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作者
OLSSON, O [1 ]
NILSSON, O [1 ]
KONCZ, C [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST ZUCHTUNGSFORSCH,W-5000 COLOGNE 30,GERMANY
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JOURNAL OF BIOLUMINESCENCE AND CHEMILUMINESCENCE | 1990年 / 5卷 / 02期
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10.1002/bio.1170050203
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Taking advantage of a specially constructed vector, luciferase LuxA and LuxB subunits were connected in frame to different amino acid linkers to reproduce a series of monomeric luciferase enzymes. A comparison of their activities in E. coli cells demonstrated that the length of the linkers positively affected activity. One luciferase fusion gene was expressed in plant cells, and we showed that this gene activity could be monitored directly without destructive sampling.
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