Aequorea

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Definition of the noun Aequorea

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Aequorea is a genus of Aequoreidae, described by Péron & Lesueur in 1810.

synonyms: genus Aequorea / Aequora / genus Aequora / Cremastoma / genus Cremastoma / Mesomena / genus Mesomena / Mesonema / genus Mesonema / Mesonemia / genus Mesonemia / Oequorea / genus Oequorea / Rhegmatodes / genus Rhegmatodes / Zygodactyla / genus Zygodactyla
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
order: Leptothecata
family: Aequoreidae
members:
- species Aequorea africana
- species Aequorea albida
- species Aequorea atrikeelis
- species Aequorea australis
- species Aequorea ciliata
- species Aequorea coerulescens
- species Aequorea conica
- species Aequorea cyanea
- species Aequorea eurhodina
- species Aequorea floridana
- species Aequorea forskalea
- species Aequorea globosa
- species Aequorea henleana
- species Aequorea krampi
- species Aequorea kurangai
- species Aequorea macrodactyla
- species Aequorea minima
- species Aequorea nanhainensis
- species Aequorea papillata
- species Aequorea parva
- species Aequorea pensilis
- species Aequorea pensilis
- species Aequorea phillipensis
- species Aequorea taiwanensis
- species Aequorea tenuis
- species Aequorea tetranema
- species Aequorea victoria
- species Aequorea vitrina
observational distribution: specimen and observational data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Network (not necessarily true occurrence density gradients)
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Aequorea is a genus of Aequoreidae.

kingdom: Metazoa
phylum: Cnidaria
class: Hydrozoa
order: Leptothecata
family: Aequoreidae

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Encyclopedia Britannica (1911)

A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information by Hugh Chisholm

Aequorea is a common mcdusa. 3. Thaumimtidac.——Trophosome only known in one genus (Thau-' mantias), similar to that of the Eucnpidae; gonosome, rce meclusae with otocysts inconspicuous or absent. with usually four, sometimes eight ...

Coupled Bioluminescent Assays (2008)

Methods, Evaluations, and Applications by Michael J. Corey

aequorea is a jellyfish found very widely in the ...

The Encyclopædia Britannica (1910)

The New Volumes, Constituting, in Combination with the Twenty-nine Volumes of the Eleventh Edition, the Twelfth Edition of that Work, and Also Supplying a New, Distinctive, and Independent Library of Reference Dealing with Events and Developments of the Period 1910 to 1921 Inclusive

Aequorea is a common medusa. 3. Thaumantidae.-Trophosome only known in one genus (Thaumantias), similar to that of the Eucopidae; gonosome, ' medusae with otocysts inconspicuous or absent, with usually four, sometimes eight, rarely ...

RÖMPP Encyclopedia Natural Products, 1st Edition, 2000 (2014)

by Burkhard Fugmann, Susanne Lang-Fugmann, Wolfgang Steglich

The lamp jellyfish Aequorea aequorea exhibits a green bioluminescence under the action of Ca2+, this is due to *aequorin. The marine species Renilla reniformis also contains a L. which requires oxygen for the emission of light. This L. is ...

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (2012)

by John M. Lackie

Aequorea victoria Hydrozoan jellyfish (a coelenterate) from which green fluorescent protein (GFP) was isolated. Aequorin can be isolated from A. victoria and A. forskaolea. aequorin Protein (196aa) extracted from jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) ...

A Dictionary of Biomedicine (2010)

by John Lackie

extracted from jellyfish Aequorea victoria, that emits light (emission peak 470 nm, blue) according to the aerobes i4 calcium ion concentration. Calcium triggers the ...

Concise Dictionary of Science (2012)

Green fluorescent protein A protein originally isolated from the jellyfish ( Aequorea victoria) that retains the property of fluorescing green when exposed to blue light and when fused to other cellular proteins. Greywater Wastewater from clothes ...

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (2011)

by Virginia P. Studdert, Clive C. Gay, Douglas C. Blood

a small protein from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that is used to produce recombinant fusion proteins ; ...

Benders’ Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology (2006)

by D A Bender

A protein from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that emits green fluorescence when excited by UV light. The GFP gene is widely used as ...

Dictionary of Plant Breeding, Second Edition (2009)

by Rolf H. J. Schlegel

Protein from the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria (Scyphozoa); the gene is used as a reporter gene; ...

Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology (2012)

by Frank J. Dye

aequorin a luminescent protein, derived from luminescent jellyfish (Aequorea), which emits light in the presence of free calcium ions; it has been used experimentally to visualize the release of free calcium ...

A Dictionary of Biology (2015)

by Robert Hine

Another striking example, obtained from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, is the reporter gene that encodes *green fluorescent protein ...

Dictionary of Zoology (1999)

by Sudhir Pradhan

AEQUORIN Animal protein extracted from the jelly-fish Aequorea. When it is combined with calcium ions, it emits a photon of ...

Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions - Australian & New Zealand Edition (2014)

by Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis

a protein obtained from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria that emits a bright green fluorescence when illuminated. G)P is used to monitor gene expression, gene transfer across ...

Encyclopedia of Microbiology (2009)

The GFP gene from the jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) encodes the green fluorescent protein (which fluoresces in blue light) and can be used to follow the subcellular destiny of certain expressed proteins when GFP is fused with the genes of ...

Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (2010)

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Two such proteins nativeto the jellyfish genus Aequorea – aequorin and the green fluorescent protein (GFP) – have been particularlyuseful toolsin ...