Manabu Bessho‐Uehara

Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles

Timothy Fallon, Sarah E. Lower, Ching-Ho Chang et al. · eLife · 2018 · 163 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology +17

Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: <i>Parapriacanthus</i> fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey

Manabu Bessho‐Uehara, Naoyuki Yamamoto, Shuji Shigenobu et al. · Science Advances · 2020 · 39 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Enzymology +8

Biochemical characterization of diverse deep-sea anthozoan bioluminescence systems

Manabu Bessho‐Uehara, Warren R. Francis, Steven H. D. Haddock · Marine Biology · 2020 · 37 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +15

Evidence for de novo Biosynthesis of the Luminous Substrate Coelenterazine in Ctenophores

Manabu Bessho‐Uehara, Wentao Huang, Wyatt L. Patry et al. · iScience · 2020 · 26 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Marine Sciences +10

Identification and characterization of the Luc2‐type luciferase in the Japanese firefly, <i>Luciola parvula</i>, involved in a dim luminescence in immobile stages

Manabu Bessho‐Uehara, Yuichi Oba · Luminescence · 2017 · 19 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +10