Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence

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<i>Photinus pyralis (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artfarmer/198487523/">source</a>)</i>
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The luciferase of the North American firefly, ''P. pyralis'', is a tried and tested mechanism for creating bioluminescence.  We were aware that a luciferase from this organism was already present in the registry ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_I712019 BBa_I712019]).  We wanted to improve on this by three techniques:
The luciferase of the North American firefly, ''P. pyralis'', is a tried and tested mechanism for creating bioluminescence.  We were aware that a luciferase from this organism was already present in the registry ([http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_I712019 BBa_I712019]).  We wanted to improve on this by three techniques:

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