How to Use luciferase in a Sentence

luciferase

noun

• And how did this whole luciferase in Covid-19 vaccines claim even get started?
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• For the creation researchers used luciferase, the same enzyme that gives fireflies their glow.
  — Emily Price, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2017
• That claim has been debunked: The Covid-19 vaccines do not contain luciferase.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• One type of cell in the gland secretes a luciferase enzyme, while a second type of cell secretes the substrate vargulin.
  — Quanta Magazine, 16 Aug. 2021
• The type of luciferase enzyme found in the fireworm were brand new: they have never been detected in any other species.
  — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2018
• Frank Swain writes about glowing trees, engineered with a gene called luciferase.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2010
• The firefly gene that codes for luciferase is very similar to a common fatty acid-making gene, Lewis says.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 2 July 2016
• The firefly gene that codes for luciferase is very similar to a common fatty acid-making gene, Lewis says.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 2 July 2016
• Its enzyme luciferase acts upon a compound called luciferin to emit light, much as fireflies do.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2020
• The light is produced inside the tiny dinoflagellates body thanks to two chemicals: the enzyme luciferase and the compound luciferin.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2020
• Arayomi also questioned the name of an enzyme used in the research process, luciferase, due to his religious studies and the history of the name Lucifer.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 4 Dec. 2020
• To turn leaves into a light source, Strano uses luciferase, the enzyme responsible for a firefly’s glow.
  — Mark Ellwood, WSJ, 15 May 2018
• Most deep-sea anglerfish lures glow with light that is generated by an enzyme called luciferase.
  — Jocelyn Rice, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2010
• Scientists have tried to re-create the effect in plants before: In the 1980s, researchers added a firefly’s luciferase gene into tobacco plant cells.
  — Leah Shaffer, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2015
• Presumably the first luciferin-luciferase pair would have survived and multiplied.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2016
• Wright was open to dialogue about her stance, and noted that people have a right to question what goes into their bodies and also expressed concerns about the enzyme luciferase.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 4 Dec. 2020
• The pseudoviruses also contain an enzyme called luciferase, which is what makes fireflies glow, and which helps researchers track the antibodies’ effects on the pseudovirus.
  — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
• In fireflies, luciferase binds to another chemical called luciferin, which causes a reaction that emits light.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2017
• So do Covid-19 vaccines have either luciferase or luciferins as Robinson suggested?
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• Similarly, luciferase enzymes have very little to do with Lucifer.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• The 2017 plant used a combination of the bioluminescent particles luciferin and luciferase, which also help to power the sporadic light that fireflies produce.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Oct. 2021
• The fireflies were then ground up for its enzymes luciferin and luciferase, which give it its bioluminescent capabilities.
  — Dan Radel, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2019
• Three chemicals -- luciferase, luciferin and ATP -- combine to produce the firefly's characteristic glow.
  — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 24 July 2017
• Every organism has its own version of luciferin and luciferase, with individual properties that could prove useful.
  — Joanna Klein, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
• The mentality that fed the luciferase tweet, however, remains accessible.
  — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
• In 1986, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, modified and inserted the firefly luciferase gene into a tobacco plant.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 Dec. 2016
• While the mushrooms normally appear green, the researchers could produce different colors by reacting different compounds with luciferase.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2017
• Like many bioluminescent animals their light is created by a reaction between the light-emitting molecule luciferin and the enzyme luciferase.
  — National Geographic, 30 June 2018
• The team engineered this regulator to control the third and final part of the genetic circuit, which is a set of genes that encodes a luminescence system—resulting in a bioluminescent enzyme called luciferase—from Photorhabdus luminescens.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 May 2018
• In all bioluminescent organisms, a small molecule called luciferin interacts with oxygen and a bigger protein called luciferase, creating chemical energy that is eventually released in the form of cold light.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024