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Luciferin–Luciferase System of Marine Polychaete Chaetopterus variopedatus

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This paper presents the preliminary results of the separation of the Chaetopterus variopedatus bioluminescent system into luciferin and luciferase and a brief description of some of their properties.

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  1. Shemyakin–Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    K. V. Purtov, I. N. Myasnyanko, N. M. Myshkina & A. S. Tsarkova

  2. Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk Research Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Akademgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    K. V. Purtov, V. N. Petushkov, N. S. Rodionova, V. G. Pakhomova &  J. I. Gitelson

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Purtov, K.V., Petushkov, V.N., Rodionova, N.S. et al. Luciferin–Luciferase System of Marine Polychaete Chaetopterus variopedatus. Dokl Biochem Biophys 486, 209–212 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1607672919030104

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