How to Use "luciferase" with Example Sentences

1. The mice were also regularly injected with luciferin , so that the luciferase would have the fuel it needed to glow .

2. Unlike jellyfish photoproteins , which require calcium to light up , luciferase from fireflies needs a ready supply of luciferin and atp .

3. Part of the reason luciferase can be seen by the camera , even through the tissues of the bodies of the mice , is that luciferase generates some red light in addition to the characteristic yellow-green light associated with fireflies .