01576cam a2200385 i 4500 250936241 TxAuBib 20160129120000.0 140630s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014025675 9781467757843 1467757845 TxAuBib rda Zimmer, Marc,. Bioluminescence : nature and science at work / Marc Zimmer. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2016] ℗2016. 72 pages : color illustrations ;c24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Giving of light -- Nature's lights -- Model organism: fireflies -- Putting bioluminescence to work -- Biofluorescent -- The green fluorescent protein -- Illuminating modern science with fluorescent proteins. Offers information on bioluminescence, a unique adaptation found in the animal kingdom, and scientific and medical uses of the green fluorescent protein genes that make it possible, including tracking body processes and the progress of disease. 1250 Lexile. Grades 7-9. Ages 12-14. 20160129. MG. Bioluminescence. Green fluorescent protein.