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Contents list for Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, issue 2, 2008
Front cover
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 133
DOI: 10.1039/b801273n

Contents and Chemical Biology
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 135
DOI: 10.1039/b801274c
Editorial
Introduction to the themed issue on bioluminescence
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 145
DOI: 10.1039/b800101b
Perspectives
Firefly luminescence: A historical perspective and recent developments
Hugo Fraga,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 146
DOI: 10.1039/b719181b
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The structural origin and biological function of pH-sensitivity in firefly luciferases
V. R. Viviani, F. G. C. Arnoldi, A. J. S. Neto, T. L. Oehlmeyer, E. J. H. Bechara and Y. Ohmiya,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 159
DOI: 10.1039/b714392c
Fungi bioluminescence revisited
Dennis E. Desjardin, Anderson G. Oliveira and Cassius V. Stevani,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 170
DOI: 10.1039/b713328f
Activity coupling and complex formation between bacterial luciferase and flavin reductases
Shiao-Chun Tu,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 183
DOI: 10.1039/b713462b
Papers
Coelenterazine-binding protein of Renilla muelleri: cDNA cloning, overexpression, and characterization as a substrate of luciferase
Maxim S. Titushin, Svetlana V. Markova, Ludmila A. Frank, Natalia P. Malikova, Galina A. Stepanyuk, John Lee and Eugene S. Vysotski,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 189
DOI: 10.1039/b713109g
The reaction mechanism for the high quantum yield of Cypridina (Vargula) bioluminescence supported by the chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones (Cypridina luciferin analogues)
Takashi Hirano, Yuto Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kondo, Shojiro Maki, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroshi Ikeda and Haruki Niwa,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 197
DOI: 10.1039/b713374j
C-terminal region of the active domain enhances enzymatic activity in dinoflagellate luciferase
Chie Suzuki-Ogoh, Chun Wu and Yoshihiro Ohmiya,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 208
DOI: 10.1039/b713157g
Combining intracellular and secreted bioluminescent reporter proteins for multicolor cell-based assays
Elisa Michelini, Luca Cevenini, Laura Mezzanotte, Danielle Ablamsky, Tara Southworth, Bruce R. Branchini and Aldo Roda,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 212
DOI: 10.1039/b714251j
Interaction of firefly luciferase with substrates and their analogs: a study using fluorescence spectroscopy methods
Natalia N. Ugarova,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 218
DOI: 10.1039/b712895a
Solvent cage effects: the influence of radical mass and volume on the recombination dynamics of radical cage pairs generated by photolysis of [CpCH2CH2N(CH3)C(O)(CH2)nCH3Mo(CO)3]2 (n = 3, 8, 13, 18) (Cp =
5-C5H4) complexes
Alan B. Oelkers, Erick J. Schutte and David R. Tyler,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 228
DOI: 10.1039/b709005f
Singlet molecular oxygen by direct excitation
Steffen Jockusch, Nicholas J. Turro, Elizabeth K. Thompson, Martin Gouterman, James B. Callis and Gamal E. Khalil,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 235
DOI: 10.1039/b714286b
Detection of photogenotoxicity in skin and eye in rat with the photo comet assay
Melanie Struwe, Karl-Otto Greulich, Ursula Junker, Christian Jean, Dieter Zimmer, Willi Suter and Ulla Plappert-Helbig,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 240
DOI: 10.1039/b715756h
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Photochemical reactions of 4-thiouridine disulfide and 4-benzylthiouridine—the involvement of the 4-pyrimidinylthiyl radical
Grazyna Wenska, Katarzyna Taras-Goslinska, Piotr Filipiak, Gordon L. Hug and Bronislaw Marciniak,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 250
DOI: 10.1039/b713218b
Spectral properties and inclusion of a hetero-chalcone analogue in organized media of micellar solutions and beta-cyclodextrin
M. Gaber, T. A. Fayed, S. A. El-Daly and Y. S. El-Sayed,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 257
DOI: 10.1039/b713381b
Molecular properties of R-phycocyanin subunits from Polysiphonia urceolata in potassium phosphate buffer
Yuhui Ma, Jie Xie, Rui Zhang, Changchao Hu and Jingquan Zhao,
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 263
DOI: 10.1039/b714837b
Back matter
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 269
DOI: 10.1039/b801275j
Back cover
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 271
DOI: 10.1039/b801276h

