Tribe

Photinini

Ellychnia californica. Photo: (c) Jesus Garcia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Photinini are a large tribe of fireflies in the subfamily Lampyrinae. Photinus pyralis is famous in biotechnology for its luciferase gene. This is sometimes employed as a marker gene; genetically modified organisms which contain it start to glow like the firefly when brought in contact with a luciferin-containing medium. Firefly luciferases differ slightly between taxa, resulting in differently colored light and other properties, and in most cases where “firefly luciferase” is used in some application…

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