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Re:Engineers create plants that glow by ringaroundthetx on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:08PM (#16025373)
Luciferase, luciferin, and Co-Enzyme A

Who named these? I feel like this field needs “meaningful variable names” just like anyone educated in Computer Science is taught.

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Re:Engineers create plants that glow by toufka on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:13PM (#16025422)
Lucifer means 'light-bringing' in Latin, as in the morning star, as in Venus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer

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Re:Engineers create plants that glow by pythonaut_16 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:14PM (#16025429)
Lucifer comes from the Latin words for light bearer, so Luciferase and luciferin make plenty of sense I think
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Re:Engineers create plants that glow by tir on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:11PM (#16025398)
Lucifer means light-bringer.
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