Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. There are a group of enzymes. The most famous one is the firefly luciferase from the firefly Photinus pyralis and the luciferase from Renilla. Some luciferases are naturally secreted such as Gaussia Luciferase, Cypridina Luciferase.

Luciferase is widely used in signal enzymatic assays because of its high sensitivity, high linear dynamical ranges, and high through-put assay adaptation.

Different luciferases demonstrate some useful properties (See table below).

Types	Substrate	Wavelength Peak	Secrated	Sensitivity	Require ATP	Measurement
F-luc     (Firefly Luciferase)	D-Lucferin	562 nm	No	medium	Yes	Peaked at 2 seconds, last for ~10 seconds
G-luc     (Gaussia Luciferase)	coelenterazine	480 nm	Yes	extreme	No	Measure luc activity from supernatnat for living cells. Luc activity is stable at low pH; measure within 30 seconds
C-Luc (Cypridina Luciferase)	cypridina luciferin	465 nm	Yes	extreme	No	Measure luc activity from supernatnat for living cells. Luc activity is inhibited by EDTA; Long half life at ~ 48 hours.
R-Luc(Renilla Luciferase)	coelenterazine	480 nm	No	medium	No	Peaked at 2 seconds, last for 10 second

Gentarget provides luciferase expression particles containing different fluorescnet markers, antibiotic markers or fluorescent-antibiotic fusion dual markers. The fluorescent marker was expressed either under the same promoter with luciferase (Bicistronical expression) or under different promoter. Please see the vector schemes below for details.  

Please see click into each links below for product information.

1. Firefly luciferase expression lentiviral particles;
2. Renilla luciferase expression lentiviral particles;
3. Gaussia luciferase expression lentiviral particles;
4. Cypridina luciferase expression lentiviral particles;