Luminescence, a physical phenomenon that producing cool light in vivo, has been found in bacteria, fungi, and animals but not yet in terrestrial higher plants. Through genetic engineering, it is feasible to introduce luminescence systems into living plant cells as biomarkers. Recently, some plants transformed with luminescent systems can glimmer in darkness, which can be observed by our naked eyes and provides a novel lighting resource. In this review, we summarized the bioassay development of luminescence in plant cells, followed by exampling the successful cases of glowing plants transformed with diverse luminescent systems. The potential key factors to design or optimize a glowing plant were also discussed. Our review is useful for the creation of the optimized glowing plants, which can be used not only in scientific research, but also as promising substitutes of artificial light sources in the future.

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发光的植物可以照亮夜空？回顾

发光是一种在体内产生冷光的物理现象，已在细菌、真菌和动物中发现，但尚未在陆生高等植物中发现。通过基因工程，将发光系统作为生物标志物引入活植物细胞是可行的。最近，一些经过发光系统改造的植物可以在黑暗中闪闪发光，我们可以用肉眼观察到，并提供了一种新颖的照明资源。在这篇综述中，我们总结了植物细胞发光的生物测定发展，并举例说明了用不同发光系统转化的发光植物的成功案例。还讨论了设计或优化发光植物的潜在关键因素。我们的评论对于创建优化的发光植物很有用，它不仅可以用于科学研究，