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Response of Aequorin Bioluminescence to Rapid Changes in Calcium Concentration

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Aequorin is a protein which emits light after reaction with calcium. The rise time and decay time of luminescence are in the millisecond region, making aequorin a useful detector of calcium in biological systems.

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    J. W. HASTINGS, GEORGE MITCHELL & P. H. MATTINGLY

  2. Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 55901

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HASTINGS, J., MITCHELL, G., MATTINGLY, P. et al. Response of Aequorin Bioluminescence to Rapid Changes in Calcium Concentration. Nature 222, 1047–1050 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2221047a0

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