Luciferase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An enzyme present in the cells of bioluminescent organisms that catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin and ATP, producing light.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an enzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, thereby producing bioluminescence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the two special substances by the reactions of which light is supposed to be produced by fireflies.
    • Word Usage
    "To track leukemia onset and response to therapy, the scientists tagged all leukemia cells with a gene from fireflies that encodes an enzyme called luciferase, which makes leukemia cells glow and detectable by a ultrasensitive camera."
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