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To evaluate the reporter induction, the ratio of RLU from firefly (F-luc) and Renilla (R-Luc) luciferase was evaluated (RLU{F-luc}/RLU{R-luc}).
To determine the luciferase activity, cells or tissues were lysed in Passive Lysis Buffer (Promega) and assayed for firefly (F-luc) and Renilla (R-Luc) luciferase according to the Promega Luciferase assay kit instructions in a Turner Designs (Sunnyvale, CA) TD-20/20 or a PharMingen Monolight 3010 luminometer.
These cells where in turn co-transfected with pSV40/Zeo2 (Invitrogen) and pG5-luc (Promega), encoding firefly luciferase or pGAL4-SEAP and MBT-2 cells were selected in 400 μg/ml Zeocin and Panc02 cells in 500 μg/ml Zeocin.
Cells were treated for 24 hours, at which time they were collected in Passive Lysis Buffer and the activity of firefly and Renilla luciferase in the cell extract was determined.
In the rest of The Bounty , Walcott relinquishes such allusive density for the simple, history-erasing realities of life in the Antilles islands: the mango trees that "serenely rust when they are in flower," the firefly that "keeps striking matches."