The results of fusion of a promoter for an SOS response gene with the luciferase open reading frame. Introduction: The class of oxidative enzymes that produces bioluminescence is defined as luciferase. They have wide applications in the field of biotechnology . They are used as reporter genes isolated from the firefly Photinus pyralis . When luciferase acts on the appropriate luciferin substrate, light is emitted. Â The reporter genes are nucleic acid sequences that encode products that can be detected in the transformed tissues. They are often used as indicators of whether a specific gene has been expressed in the organism or not. The genes that code for luciferase can serve as reporter genes as their expression is easy to monitor. Luciferase possesses some features that make them useful particularly as a reporter molecule for biosensing. It can be used as a real-time biosensor for environmental stress response. RecA (recombination A) protein that is stimulated by the single-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is involved in the inactivation of the repressor (LexA) of SOS response genes, which induce the response. The fusion of the luciferase gene with a recA promoter will show an increase in the fluorescence after the irradiation by ultraviolet light by putting the culture into a spectrophotometer.

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The results of fusion of a promoter for an SOS response gene with the luciferase open reading frame.

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The class of oxidative enzymes that produces bioluminescence is defined as luciferase. They have wide applications in the field of biotechnology. They are used as reporter genes isolated from the firefly Photinuspyralis. When luciferase acts on the appropriate luciferin substrate, light is emitted.

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The reporter genes are nucleic acid sequences that encode products that can be detected in the transformed tissues. They are often used as indicators of whether a specific gene has been expressed in the organism or not. The genes that code for luciferase can serve as reporter genes as their expression is easy to monitor. Luciferase possesses some features that make them useful particularly as a reporter molecule for biosensing.

It can be used as a real-time biosensor for environmental stress response. RecA (recombination A) protein that is stimulated by the single-stranded DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is involved in the inactivation of the repressor (LexA) of SOS response genes, which induce the response. The fusion of the luciferase gene with a recA promoter will show an increase in the fluorescence after the irradiation by ultraviolet light by putting the culture into a spectrophotometer.

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