acting on a bioluminescent substrate. Unlike fluorescent proteins, bioluminescent proteins do not require external light for excitation, avoiding issues like phototoxicity and background light.

French pharmacologist Raphael Dubois observed that a specific constituent of the click beetle was essential for bioluminescent reactions. He extracted two components from beetle abdomens, naming the ...

In the late 1800s, after centuries of speculation, scientists confirmed that bioluminescence results from an oxidation reaction between an enzyme and its substrate within animal and plant cells.

Bioluminescent luciferase enzymes have historically been too dim to use as probes in living tissue. But recent advances have ...

This light is created by a chemical reaction, and it is one example of a phenomenon called bioluminescence. Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent ...

Friends of Blue Spring State Park hosts firefly nights, an event that raises money and allows guests to stay after the park ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the biological production of light—is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication ...

New study shines a light on the mechanics of bioluminescence in the rare fish Vinciguerria mabahiss Date: March 26, 2025 Source: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Summary: Evolving ...

Furimazine Substrates and Bioluminescence Promega has been developing bioluminescence-based research tools since the early 1990s. In 2012, the company introduced NanoLuc® luciferase, a novel ...

When injected into mice, these bioluminescent quantum dot conjugates produced good signals with no background after injection of the luciferase substrate coelenterazine into the bloodstream.

In the world of bioluminescence, it’s common for organisms to get luciferin—the small molecule needed to make light—from their diet. Scientists have hypothesized that bioluminescent fish make their ...