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US
/ˈɫusəfɝ/
]
[ UK /lˈuːsɪfɐ/ ]
[ UK /lˈuːsɪfɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
- (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
How To Use Lucifer In A Sentence
- ; Cohn, D.H.: Luciferase genes cloned from the unculturable luminous bacteroid symbiont of the Caribbean flashlight fish, Kryptopha - naron alfredi. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- The luciferin-luciferase's reaction system may emit fluorescence, while the toxic substances will suppress the luminous intensity.
- ATP provides the energy to excite the electrons, and luciferin is one of the relatively rare molecules that gives off energy as light rather than heat.
- It is generated by an enzyme-catalyzed chemoluminescence reaction, wherein the pigment luciferin is oxidised by the enzyme luciferase. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- With transfected cells grown as solid tumors in vivo, the bioluminescence light is emitted shortly after systemic administration of luciferin.
- The glow of the firefly, which is due to the oxidation of the molecule luciferin, with the enzyme luciferase acting as a catalyst in the oxidation process and oxygen acting as the electron acceptor, is an example of bioluminescence.
- Our first paper on Cypridina luciferin was published in 1957, although the chromophore structure of luciferin remained to be elucidated. Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography
- Luc activity was assayed quantitatively with a liquid scintillator using the photon-counting mode after the feeding of luciferin as substrate.
- I also performed research on dinoflagellate luciferin and luminous scale worms. Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography
- Mixing of droplets caused enzyme reaction, and luciferin luminesced.