- A
photocyte is a cell that
specializes in
catalyzing enzymes to
produce light (bioluminescence).
Photocytes typically occur in
select layers of epithelial...
- of prey, from
specialized mitochondrial cells in the
organism called photocytes ("light producing" cells), or, similarly, ****ociated with
symbiotic bacteria...
-
lanternfish is
mechanistically tuned to
project the
biochemical emission in
photocytes for counterillumination".
Biochemical and
Biophysical Research Communications...
-
begins with a
linear polarization due to
inhomogeneities inside aligned photocytes, and it
picks up
circular polarization while p****ing
through linearly...
-
vacuoles (internal compartments), germ
cells that
produce eggs or sperm, and
photocytes that
produce bioluminescence. The side
furthest from the
organ is covered...
- luciferase-luciferin reaction, he
showed that
water could produce light from
dried photocytes and that
light could be
produced even in the
absence of oxygen. Later...
- "Missing link in
firefly bioluminescence revealed: NO
regulation of
photocyte respiration". BioEssays. 23 (11): 992–995. doi:10.1002/bies.1144. PMID 11746215...
- bioluminesce. The
light is
generated by photop****s that
consist of a
single photocyte within a cup-shaped
pigmented cell, with lens
cells on the surface. The...
- photop****s. Each photop****
contains several light-producing
vesicles called photocytes and photop****s also have an iris-like
structure that may
allow sharks...
-
chord in
order to
trigger the luminescence. The
fluorescent cells are
photocytes,
which can be
found under the ventral, dorsal, and
lateral arm plates...
