Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence

✍ Scribed by Marlene A. DeLuca (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 666
• Series: Methods in Enzymology 57
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry. Since 1955, each volume has been eagerly awaited, frequently consulted, and praised by researchers and reviewers alike. The series contains much material still relevant today - truly an essential publication for researchers in all fields of life sciences

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Contributors to volume LVII
Pages ix-xi

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
Marlene Deluca

Volumes in series
Pages xv,xvii-xxi

[1] Purification and properties of firefly luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 3-15
Marlene Deluca, W.D. McElroy

[2] Synthesis of firefly luciferin and structural analogs Original Research Article
Pages 15-28
Lemuel J. Bowie

[3] Preparation of partially purified firefly luciferase suitable for coupled assays Original Research Article
Pages 28-36
Hans N. Rasmussen

[4] Firefly luciferase assay for ATP production by mitochondria Original Research Article
Pages 36-50
John J. Lemasters, Charles R. Hackenbrock

[5] Measurement of photophosphorylation and ATPase using purified firefly luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 50-56
Arne Lundin, Margareta Baltscheffsky

[6] Determination of creatine kinase isoenzymes in human serum by an immunological method using purified firefly luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 56-65
Arne Lundin

[7] Determination of bacterial content in fluids Original Research Article
Pages 65-72
Emmett W. Chappelle, Grace L. Picciolo, Jody W. Deming

[8] Biomass and adenylate energy charge determination in microbial cell extracts and environmental samples Original Research Article
Pages 73-85
Osmund Holm-Hansen, David M. Karl

[9] Determination of GTP, GDP, and GMP in cell and tissue extracts Original Research Article
Pages 85-94
David M. Karl

[10] Measurement of the activity of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases with firefly luciferin-luciferase coupled assay systems Original Research Article
Pages 94-106
Richard Fertel, Benjamin Weiss

[11] Rapid microassay for the calcium-dependent protein modulator of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase Original Research Article
Pages 107-112
John C. Matthews, Milton J. Cormier

[12] ATP-Labeled ligands and firefly luciferase for monitoring specific protein-binding reactions Original Research Article
Pages 113-122
Robert J. Carrico, R. Don Johnson, Robert C. Boguslaski

[13] Bacterial bioluminescence: An overview Original Research Article
Pages 125-135
J.W. Hastings

[14] Bacterial luciferase: Assay, purification, and properties Original Research Article
Pages 135-152
J.W. Hastings, Thomas O. Baldwin, Miriam Z. Nicoli

[15] Isolation, identification, and manipulation of luminous bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 153-166
Kenneth H. Nealson

[16] Isolation and characterization of luminescence system mutants in bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 166-171
Thomas W. Cline

[17] Preparation of the subunits of bacterial luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 171-174
Shiao-Chun Tu

[18] Preparation of luciferases containing chemically modified subunits Original Research Article
Pages 174-181
Edward A. Meighen

[19] Quantitation of malate, oxaloacetate, and malate dehydrogenase Original Research Article
Pages 181-188
Philip E. Stanley

[20] Bioassay for myristic acid and long-chain aldehydes Original Research Article
Pages 189-194
S. Ulitzur, J.W. Hastings

[21] The luciferase reduced flavin hydroperoxide intermediate Original Research Article
Pages 194-197
J.W. Hastings, James E. Becvar

[22] Bacterial luciferase as a generalized substrate for the assay of proteases Original Research Article
Pages 198-201
Thomas O. Baldwin

[23] Immobilization of bacterial luciferase and oxidoreductase and assays using immobilized enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 202-214
Edward Jablonski, Marlene Deluca

[24] Quantitation of picomole amounts of NADH, NADPH, and FMN using bacterial luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 215-222
Philip E. Stanley

[25] Luminous bacteria as an oxygen indicator Original Research Article
Pages 223-226
B. Chance, R. Oshino

[26] Purification of a blue-fluorescent protein from the bioluminescent bacterium Photobacterium phosphoreum Original Research Article
Pages 226-234
John Lee, Prasad Koka

[27] Applications of Renilla bioluminescence: An introduction Original Research Article
Pages 237-244
Milton J. Cormier

[28] A bioluminescence assay for PAP (3′, 5′-diphosphoadenosine) and PAPS (3′-phosphoadenylyl sulfate) Original Research Article
Pages 244-257
James Michael Anderson, Kazuo Hori, Milton J. Cormier

[29] Protein-protein interactions as measured by bioluminescence energy transfer in Renilla Original Research Article
Pages 257-267
William W. Ward, Milton J. Cormier

[30] Introduction to the bioluminescence of medusae, with special reference to the photoprotein aequorin Original Research Article
Pages 271-291
Frank H. Johnson, Osamu Shimomura

[31] Practical aspects of the use of aequorin as a calcium indicator: Assay, preparation, microinjection, and interpretation of signals Original Research Article
Pages 292-328
John R. Blinks, Patrick H. Mattingly, Brian R. Jewell, Menno van Leeuwen, Gary C. Harrer, David G. Allen

[32] Introduction to the Cypridina system Original Research Article
Pages 331-364
Frank H. Johnson, Osamu Shimomura

[33] Cypridina luciferin and luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 364-372
Frederick I. Tsuji

[34] Assaying hydrogen peroxide using the earthworm bioluminescence system Original Research Article
Pages 375-381
Michael G. Mulkerrin, John E. Wampler

[35] Purification and properties of Pholas dactylus luciferin and luciferase Original Research Article
Pages 385-406
A.M. Michelson

[36] The chemiluminescence of luminol and related hydrazides Original Research Article
Pages 409-423
David F. Roswell, Emil H. White

[37] Monitoring specific protein-binding reactions with chemiluminescence Original Research Article
Pages 424-445
Hartmut R. Schroeder, Robert C. Boguslaski, Robert J. Carrico, Robert T. Buckler

[38] Chemiluminescence detection of enzymically generated peroxide Original Research Article
Pages 445-462
W. Rudolf Seitz

[39] The generation of chemiluminescence (CL) by phagocytic cells Original Research Article
Pages 462-494
Michael A. Trush, Mark E. Wilson, Knox van Dyke

[40] Chemiluminescence from electron-transfer processes Original Research Article
Pages 494-526
Larry R. Faulkner

[41] Construction of instrumentation for bioluminescence and chemiluminescence assays Original Research Article
Pages 529-540
James Michael Anderson, George J. Faini, John E. Wampler

[42] The simultaneous determination of heat changes and light production Original Research Article
Pages 540-549
Neal Langerman

[43] Characteristics of commercial instruments and reagents for luminescent assays Original Research Article
Pages 550-559
Grace Lee Picciolo, Jody W. Deming, David A. Nibley, Emmett W. Chappelle

[44] Excited states and absolute calibrations in bioluminescence Original Research Article
Pages 560-600
H.H. Seliger

Author index
Pages 601-615

Subject index
Pages 616-653