"Aequorin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A photoprotein isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea. It emits visible light by an intramolecular reaction when a trace amount of calcium ion is added. The light-emitting moiety in the bioluminescence reaction is believed to be 2-amino-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine (AF-350).
| Descriptor ID |
D000331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.532.020
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aequorin" by people in Profiles.
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Defects in calcium control. J Card Fail. 2002 Dec; 8(6 Suppl):S421-31.
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Effects of propranolol treatment on left ventricular function and intracellular calcium regulation in rats with postinfarction heart failure. Br J Pharmacol. 1999 Aug; 127(7):1671-9.
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Alterations in contractility and intracellular Ca2+ transients in isolated bundles of skeletal muscle fibers from rats with chronic heart failure. Circ Res. 1993 Aug; 73(2):405-12.