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Zinaida M Kaskova1,2,3, Felipe A Dörr4, Valentin N Petushkov3

  • 1Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow 117997, Russia.

Science Advances
|May 17, 2017
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Keywords:
CIEELNeonothopanusalpha-pyronechemiluminescenceendoperoxideenzyme promiscuityhispidinluciferaseluciferinphotochemistry

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