Bioluminescence: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology)

---- BUKU ASLI/ORIGINAL ----- Bioluminescence: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) 2nd ed. 2009 Edition by Preston B. Rich (Editor), Christelle Douillet (Editor) Series: Methods in Molecular Biology (Book 574) Hardcover: 268 pages Publisher: Humana; 2nd ed. 2009 edition (August 31, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1603273204 ISBN-13: 978-1603273206 Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 0.7 x 10.2 inches Part I I wasraised in a redbrick Baltimore row housewhere summer was marked by the ti- honored ritual of firefly-chasing – a backyard tradition that has endured the gene- tions.Amidtheexcitement,myfatheroftentoldthestoryofhow,whenhewasachild, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University had appealed for the systematic capture of live fireflies en masse. Science had engaged the Baltimore youth in an entrepreneurial quest to jar as many lightning bugs as the dwindling light of dusk would permit. The very next morning, each 100-count glass jar of glowing crawling insects could be exchanged at the University for exactly one crisp dollar bill. Unrecognized at the time by my father, his joyous endeavors had contributed in a