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Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (18.02.2009)
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Synthesis and chemiluminescent properties of 6,8-diaryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones: Systematic investigation of substituent effect at para-position of phenyl group at 8-position
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Spectroscopic properties of BF2 complexes of N-(5-phenyl-2-pyrazinyl)pivalamides exhibiting fluorescence in solution and solid state
Hachiya, Sojiro, Hashizume, Daisuke, Ikeda, Hiroshi, Yamaji, Minoru, Maki, Shojiro, Niwa, Haruki, Hirano, Takashi
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Multicolor Bioluminescence Obtained Using Firefly Luciferin
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The reaction mechanism for the high quantum yield of Cypridina (Vargula) bioluminescence supported by the chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3(7H)-ones (Cypridina luciferin analogues)
Hirano, Takashi, Takahashi, Yuto, Kondo, Hiroyuki, Maki, Shojiro, Kojima, Satoshi, Ikeda, Hiroshi, Niwa, Haruki
Published in Photochemical & photobiological sciences (01.02.2008)
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Synthesis and fluorescence properties of difluoro[amidopyrazinato- O, N]boron derivatives: a new boron-containing fluorophore
Hachiya, Sojiro, Inagaki, Takayuki, Hashizume, Daisuke, Maki, Shojiro, Niwa, Haruki, Hirano, Takashi
Published in Tetrahedron letters (24.03.2010)
Published in Tetrahedron letters (24.03.2010)
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Real light emitter in the bioluminescence of the calcium-activated photoproteins aequorin and obelin: light emission from the singlet-excited state of coelenteramide phenolate anion in a contact ion pair
Mori, Kotaro, Maki, Shojiro, Niwa, Haruki, Ikeda, Hiroshi, Hirano, Takashi
Published in Tetrahedron (26.06.2006)
Published in Tetrahedron (26.06.2006)
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Bioluminescence characteristics of the fruiting body of Mycena chlorophos
Mori, Kenichi, Kojima, Satoshi, Maki, Shojiro, Hirano, Takashi, Niwa, Haruki
Published in Luminescence (Chichester, England) (01.11.2011)
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Synthesis and properties of bis(pyrazino[2′,3′:4,5]imidazole)-fused 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1,4,5,8,9,10-hexaazaanthracenes: a new fluorescent nitrogen-rich heterocycle
Hachiya, Sojiro, Hashizume, Daisuke, Maki, Shojiro, Niwa, Haruki, Hirano, Takashi
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Published in Tetrahedron letters (10.03.2010)
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Chemiluminescence of 6-aryl-2-methylimidazo[1,2- a]pyrazin-3(7 H)-ones in DMSO/TMG and in diglyme/acetate buffer: support for the chemiexcitation process to generate the singlet-excited state of neutral oxyluciferin in a high quantum yield in the Cypridina ( Vargula) bioluminescence mechanism
Takahashi, Yuto, Kondo, Hiroyuki, Maki, Shojiro, Niwa, Haruki, Ikeda, Hiroshi, Hirano, Takashi
Published in Tetrahedron letters (21.08.2006)
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Chemical Nature of the Light Emitter of the Aequorea Green Fluorescent Protein
Niwa, Haruki, Inouye, Satoshi, Hirano, Takashi, Matsuno, Tatsuki, Kojima, Satoshi, Kubota, Masayuki, Ohashi, Mamoru, Tsuji, Frederick I.
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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26.11.1996)
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Viscosity-Dependent Fluorescence Decay of the GFP Chromophore in Solution Due to Fast Internal Conversion
Kummer, Andreas D, Kompa, Christian, Niwa, Haruki, Hirano, Takashi, Kojima, Satoshi, Michel-Beyerle, Maria Elisabeth
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (01.08.2002)
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Firefly luciferase exhibits bimodal action depending on the luciferin chirality
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro, Maki, Shojiro, Amano, Yoshiharu, Ohkita, Yutaka, Niwa, Kazuki, Hirano, Takashi, Ohmiya, Yoshihiro, Niwa, Haruki
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Synthesis of prostaglandin F ethanolamide by prostaglandin F synthase and identification of Bimatoprost as a potent inhibitor of the enzyme: new enzyme assay method using LC/ESI/MS
Koda, Noriko, Tsutsui, Yasutaka, Niwa, Haruki, Ito, Seiji, Woodward, David F, Watanabe, Kikuko
Published in Archives of biochemistry and biophysics (15.04.2004)
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Construction of a new firefly bioluminescence system using l-luciferin as substrate
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro, Niwa, Kazuki, Maki, Shojiro, Hirano, Takashi, Ohmiya, Yoshihiro, Niwa, Haruki
Published in Tetrahedron letters (13.02.2006)
Published in Tetrahedron letters (13.02.2006)
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