BIOLUMINESCENCE

bioluminescence: translation

Light produced by a living organism. The best known system is firefly luciferase (an ATPase), which is used routinely as a sensitive ATP assay system. Many other organisms, particularly deep-sea organisms, produce light and even leucocytes emit a small amount of light when their oxidative metabolism is stimulated. Does not really differ from chemiluminescence, except that the light-emitting molecule occurs naturally and is not a synthetic compound like luminol or lucigenin.

bioluminescence: translation

n. [Gr. bios, life; L. luminescere, to grow light]

The production of light by living organisms, as occurs in the insect orders of Collembola, Homoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera, all ctenophores, some cephalopods, a large number of polychaetes, and certain diplopods; biophotogenesis.

bioluminescence: translation

(bi\'o-loo\'mī-nes\'ěns)

The production of light by living cells, often through the oxidation of molecules by the enzyme luciferase.

bioluminescence: translation

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биолюминесценция

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