Fireflies at one hundred plus: A new look at flash control
Fireflies at one hundred plus: A new look at flash control
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DOI：
10.1093/icb/44.3.203
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Schmidt, JT
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作者：
Ghiradella, H;Schmidt, JT
萤火虫控制它们散乱的神秘过程激发了一个多世纪的仔细观察，但仍然难以捉摸。许多研究表明，氧是光化学反应的控制元素，而在灯笼中发现的一氧化氮合酶(NOS)表明，一氧化氮(NO)可能控制氧气进入发光的光细胞，从而触发闪光。然而，氧作为控制剂有几个缺点，鉴于过氧化物体在灯笼形态和生物化学中的突出地位，我们认为是过氧化氢引发了闪光，并提出了一个可能发生这种情况的模型。
The mysterious process by which fireflies can control their Hashing has inspired over a century of careful observation but has remained elusive. Many studies have implicated oxygen as the controlling element in the photochemical reaction, and the discovery of nitric oxide synthetase (NOS) in the lantern has suggested that nitric oxide (NO) may control oxygen access to the light-emitting photocytes, thereby triggering the flash. However, there are several drawbacks to oxygen as a controlling agent, and in view of the prominence of peroxisomes in lantern morphology and biochemistry, we suggest that it is hydrogen peroxide that triggers the flash, and we present a model by which this may take place.