Yuichi Oba
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Nagoya University
Chikusa
Nagoya
Japan
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- Identification of a functional luciferase gene in the non-luminous diurnal firefly, Lucidina biplagiata. Oba, Y., Furuhashi, M., Inouye, S. Insect Mol. Biol. (2010)
- Characterization of luciferases and its paralogue in the Panamanian luminous click beetle Pyrophorus angustus: a click beetle luciferase lacks the fatty acyl-CoA synthetic activity. Oba, Y., Kumazaki, M., Inouye, S. Gene (2010)
- Functional conversion of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase to firefly luciferase by site-directed mutagenesis: a key substitution responsible for luminescence activity. Oba, Y., Iida, K., Inouye, S. FEBS Lett. (2009)
- Diel changes in the expression of long wavelength-sensitive and ultraviolet-sensitive opsin genes in the Japanese firefly, Luciola cruciata. Oba, Y., Kainuma, T. Gene (2009)
- Determination of the luciferin contents in luminous and non-luminous beetles. Oba, Y., Shintani, T., Nakamura, T., Ojika, M., Inouye, S. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (2008)
- Orthologous gene of beetle luciferase in non-luminous click beetle, Agrypnus binodulus (Elateridae), encodes a fatty acyl-CoA synthetase. Oba, Y., Iida, K., Ojika, M., Inouye, S. Gene (2008)
- Cloning and characterization of the homologous genes of firefly luciferase in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor. Oba, Y., Sato, M., Inouye, S. Insect Mol. Biol. (2006)
- Catalytic properties of domain-exchanged chimeric proteins between firefly luciferase and Drosophila fatty Acyl-CoA synthetase CG6178. Oba, Y., Tanaka, K., Inouye, S. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (2006)
- Enzymatic and genetic characterization of firefly luciferase and Drosophila CG6178 as a fatty acyl-CoA synthetase. Oba, Y., Sato, M., Ojika, M., Inouye, S. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (2005)









