Bioluminescence : chemical principles and methods / Osamu Shimomura.

"This book is an authoritative monograph on the recent progresses in the chemistry of bioluminescence. It provides a comprehensive overview of the past and the latest developments in understanding the biochemical mechanisms of some 35 different types of luminous organisms, together with informa...

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Main Author: Shimomura, Osamu, 1928-2018 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2012]
Edition:Rev. edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The fireflies and luminous insects
  • Luminous bacteria
  • The ostracod cypridina (vargula) and other luminous crustaceans
  • The jellyfish aequorea and other luminous coelenterates
  • The coelenterazines
  • Luminous mollusca
  • Annelida
  • Dinoflagellates and other protozoa
  • Luminous fungi
  • Other luminous organisms
  • Appendix.