International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials

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Genomic Structure of the Luciferase Gene of the Firefly, Lampyris noctiluca

  • Jianhong Li (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Park, Yong-Soo (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Chul (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Mong (Department of Sericultural and Entomological Biology, Miryang national University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Gill (Department of Sericulture and Entomology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Iksoo (Department of Sericulture and Entomology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Keun-Young (Department of Sericulture and Entomology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, RDA) ;
  • Sohn, Hung-Dae (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University) ;
  • Jin, Byung-Rae (College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University)
  • Published : 2003.12.01
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Abstract

We describe here the complete nucleotide sequence and the exon-intron structure of the luciferase gene of the firefly, Lampyris noctiluca. The luciferase gene of the L. noctiluca firefly consisted of six introns and seven exons coding for 547 amino acid residues. From the translational start site to the end of last exon, the genomic DNA length of the L. noctiluca luciferase gene spans 1,976 bp.

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