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ECB-ART-31887
FEBS Lett 1989 Mar 27;2461-2:117-9. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80265-0.
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Generation of O2- and tyrosine cation-mediated chemiluminescence during the fertilization of sea urchin eggs.

Takahashi A , Totsune-Nakano H , Nakano M , Mashiko S , Suzuki N , Ohma C , Inaba H .


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Sea urchin eggs emit light in the visible region during their fertilization. Judging from the chemiluminescence spectra, one of the excited species generated is considered to have originated from a tyrosine cation radical-mediated reaction. Chemiluminescence probes such as luminol or a cypridina luciferin analog (See text) are useful for detecting the ovoperoxidase +H2O2 reaction associated with membrane hardening and O2- generation, respectively, during fertilization of sea urchin eggs.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 op