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Evidence that ferritin is associated with light production in the mucus of the marine worm Chaetopterus

The blue glow of the mucus from Chaetopterus involves a photoprotein, iron and flavins. Identity and respective role of these components remain, however, largely unresolved today, likely because of viscosity issues and inhibition of this system by oxidizers conventionally used to track bioluminescen...

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Autores principales: Rawat, Renu, Deheyn, Dimitri D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5103273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27830745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36854