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Uric Acid Spherulites in the Reflector Layer of Firefly Light Organ

BACKGROUND: In firefly light organs, reflector layer is a specialized tissue which is believed to play a key role for increasing the bioluminescence intensity through reflection. However, the nature of this unique tissue remains elusive. In this report, we investigated the role, fine structure and n...

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Autores principales: Goh, King-Siang, Sheu, Hwo-Shuenn, Hua, Tzu-En, Kang, Mei-Hua, Li, Chia-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056406