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Dictionary of Ichthyology |
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luciferin = a substance concerned in bioluminescence, being oxidized in the presence of the enzyme luciferase to produce oxyluciferin and light. |
| Luciferin model and a luciferin-luciferase reaction from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luciferin.png and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luciferin_principle.png |