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A model for firefly luciferin biosynthesis
A model for firefly luciferin biosynthesis
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Frank McCapra
Frank McCapra
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Zia Razavi
Zia Razavi
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1 January 1975
journal article
research article
Published by
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
in
Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
No. 2
,
p.
42b-43
https://doi.org/10.1039/c3975000042b
Abstract
The suggestion that firefly luciferin arises from
p
-benzoquinone and cysteine in nature offers a synthesis of the benzothiazole nucleus which may be related to a possible biosynthesis.
Keywords
MODEL
LUCIFERIN BIOSYNTHESIS
FIREFLY
NATURE OFFERS
LUCIFERIN ARISES
BENZOTHIAZOLE NUCLEUS
CYSTEINE
BENZOQUINONE
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