Bioluminescence: Nature and Science at Work - page 10

I n d e x
adenosine triphosphate (ATP), 31, 35, 36
aequorin,43
anglerfish, 23–25
Aristotle, 20
artists and bioluminescence.
See Caravaggio; Cole, Hunter; Wang,
Vega
axolotl, 58–59
bacteria, 8, 27, 49–50. See also Hawaiian
bobtail squid
and bioluminescence, 13–25, 34–35
and quorum sensing, 37
biofluorescence,38–43, 45
and mantis shrimp,41
bioluminescence, 8, 11, 13, 19–20, 27–28,
33, 35,39
and art, 34
and communication, 22
definition, 7
for finding food, 23–25
and Japanese mythology, 21–22
and life on Mars, 35–36
and mating, 22
and self-defense, 15–17
bioluminescent organisms. See anglerfish;
bristlemouth; deep-sea shrimp;
dinoflagellates; fireflies; Hawaiian
bobtail squid
bioluminescent proteins,43
medicinal uses, 11
Bowdoin, James, 19
bristlemouth, 15–16
Caravaggio, 34
chemical reactions, 8, 20,39. See
also luciferase; luciferin
Cole, Hunter, 34
color spectrum, 10, 14
diagram, 10
counter-illumination, 16–17. See
also Hawaiian bobtail squid
deep-sea shrimp, 15
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), 45
diagrams, 9, 10, 14, 46
dinoflagellates, 17–19
dragonfish, 25
Dubois, Raphaël, 8–9, 30
electroluminescence, 34
electromagnetic spectrum, 10
Experiments and Observations on
Electricity. See Franklin, Benjamin
extremophiles, 35–36
fireflies, 7–8, 13, 20–22, 26–30
and bioluminescence, 27–30
and mating, 22
fluorescence,39,47, 51
Franklin, Benjamin, 19
freshwater organisms, 13
giant squid, 33–34
green fluorescent protein (GFP), 11,43,
44–47, 51–53, 57–63
and cancer, 57–58, 63
and dengue fever, 53–54
and heart disease, 59–61
and human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), 49, 61–62, 63
and influenza and bird flu, 52–53, 63
and limb regeneration, 58–59
and medical research, 62–63
and neurodegenerative diseases, 50–53
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