Isolated luciferases and the use thereof
View Patent ↗This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule which is a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID No. 3, or b) a nucleic acid molecule which exhibits at least 90% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID No. 3, and the claimed nucleic acid molecule encodes luciferase. It also relates to an expression vector and to a transformed host cell.
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of
(a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising SEQ ID NO: 3;
(b) a nucleic acid molecule which exhibits at least 90% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of SEQ ID NO: 3, and wherein said nucleic acid molecule encodes luciferase.
2. The nucleic acid molecule of claim 1 , wherein the sequence contains a functional promoter located 5′ to the coding strand of the sequence.
3. An expression vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule according to claim 2 .
4. A transformed host cell comprising the vector of claim 3 .