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Organism
(ORGA)
published: 09 Jul 2008
last updated: 06 Aug 2014
Aequorea victoria
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Hydrozoa |
| Order | Leptothecatae |
| Family | Aequoreidae |
| Genus | Aequorea |
| Species | Aequorea victoria |
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Crystal JellyfishEN
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Water JellyfishEN
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AEQVIEN
Invertebrates
Wild
North western Pacific ocean
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Aequorea victoria are found along the west coast of the Pacific ocean from the Bearing Sea to southern California.
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- Research
This jellyfish is capable of producing flashes of blue light by a quick release of Ca2+. The components required for bioluminescence include a Calcium++ activated photoprotein, called aequorin, that emits a blue-green light, and an accessory green fluorescent protein (GFP), which accepts energy from aequorin and re-emits it as green light.
For further information about fluorescence, see References.
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For further information about fluorescence, see References.
- Wikipedia- Aequorea Victoria [ English ]
- Crystal Structure of the Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein [ English ]
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| Genetic element | Donor organism (scientific name) | 4 | |
