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Abbreviations
- BL:
-
Bioluminescence
- PpyLuc:
-
North American Photinus pyralis firefly luciferase
- BRET:
-
Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- PCA:
-
Protein Complementation Assay
- GPCR:
-
G protein coupled receptors
- CCD:
-
Charge-coupled device
- CMOS:
-
Complementary metal-oxide semiconductors
- HTS:
-
High Throughput Screening
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Cevenini, L., Calabretta, M.M., Calabria, D., Roda, A., Michelini, E. (2015). Luciferase Genes as Reporter Reactions: How to Use Them in Molecular Biology?. In: Thouand, G., Marks, R. (eds) Bioluminescence: Fundamentals and Applications in Biotechnology - Volume 3. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 154. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2015_325
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