Based on a large dataset and extensive knowledge from the literature, we show that the ability to bioluminesce may be strongly driven by habitat. We hypothesize that this is probably related to differences in optical properties between pelagic and benthic environments (Fig. 4). While more than ...
Applied to cross-cell activation, bioluminescence can potentially be used as a universal life-life communication strategy where information is carried by photons, creating a species-agnostic communication interface, as envisioned in the movie Avatar [79]. For such communication, an optical synapse can...
2004). The amount of luciferase producedin vivocan be quantified by photons as a measure of promoter activity. Bioluminescent imaging offers the advantage of identifying mice with tumors and specifically measuring tumor cell response to treatment non-invasively, allowing each mouse to be its own ...
Bioluminescenceimaging is based on the conversion ofluciferinsinto light by theenzymeluciferasefrom insects, such as the North American firefly, and sea species.12,13Bioluminescence imagingcan be used for in vivo detection of various processes in living animals, upon transgene generation expressing lucife...
A. Bioluminescent creature uses a substance called luciferin and an enzyme to produce light in a biologically driven chemical reaction. B. Bioluminescence can be used to achieve various and sometimes seemingly opposite goals such as frightening away predators or luring prey. ...
Whilst the wavelength of the light output by an LED is closer to that of an actual sample, the light output by an actual sample is very low, and the monitor has to be calibrated at this low level where even individual photons can be detected. Thus, the output of the LED has be to ...
Slowly fading green blobs or pulses of light can be seen coming from the organisms within, often from gelatinous creatures. This type of light display may be used to stun disorient, or lure prey. Like a wide-eyed deer caught on a road and dazed by headlights, undersea creatures living ...
The quantum yield of bacterial luciferase is about 0.1–0.1623,24and Venus is about 0.618. Considering that cp157Venus has a similar brightness to the wild-type Venus18(therefore, similar quantum yield), maximum of six times enhancement can be expected by BRET. However, we achieved ten times ...
Although the fluorescence emission can be significantly higher than bioluminescence (BL), BL signals can be highly specific to a given biological process because of its exceedingly low background signal (Kim et al., 2017). BLI relies on the detection of visible light driven by luciferase-...
Fishes control the output of light intensity using different mechanisms which can be categorized as being under control of hormonal or neuronal pathways. Usually, neural control allows fast and direct response to the photocytes while endocrinal systems allow to control the light produced by bacteria...