"Fireflies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The family Lampyidae, which are bioluminescent BEETLES. They contain FIREFLY LUCIFERIN and LUCIFERASES. Oxidation of firefly luciferin results in luminescence.
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D048888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.375.307
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Characterization of chemical libraries for luciferase inhibitory activity. J Med Chem. 2008 Apr 24; 51(8):2372-86.