Optical, Biochemical, and Molecular Characterization of New Bioluminescence Systems
Abstract
Overall this project has been successful having reached most of the goals originally proposed for the funding period. Screening of light producing organisms (Research Area 1) has been completed in diverse environments, including the Caribbean that was added on a later date. The screening has led to describing the general change with geographical latitude of pigmentation, chemiluminescence and fluorescence in organisms. This has led to documentation of organisms producing light of different color, which could stimulate future research of specific interest for the AFOSR. Also, as a result from this screening, a new Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and also been identified from the higher invertebrate (Protochordate) Amphioxus, the most developed invertebrate closest to vertebrate. The discovery of this new GFP (named amphiGFP) raised questions on extent of occurrence of this protein in the Animal Kingdom, considering that GFP had so far been described only from lower invertebrates like jellyfish, corals and some crustaceans.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 09, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA468406
Entities
People
- Dimitri D Deheyn
- Michael Latz
Organizations
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography