Definition
A bioluminescent protein extracted from jellyfish that glows blue-green when it binds to calcium, used as a scientific tool to measure calcium in cells.
Etymology
Named after the jellyfish genus 'Aequorea' (from Latin 'aequor,' sea) because the protein was first discovered in the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria in the 1960s.
Kelly Says
Scientists won a Nobel Prize for discovering this protein—it's become one of the most important tools in biology because it lets researchers see calcium moving through living cells in real-time, making the invisible visible!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አእቁ vivereን
a-ek-wu-rin
ARالعربية
أَقْوَارِين
a-qaw-riyn
BNবাংলা
একুয়োরিন
ek-wɔ-rin
CACatalà
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
CSČeština
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
DADansk
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
DEDeutsch
Aequorin
ay-kwɔ-riːn
ELΕλληνικά
αἰκουορίνη
ay-kwɔ-ri-ni
ESEspañol
aequorina
ay-kwɔ-ree-nah
FAفارسی
اِکْوُرین
i-kwo-rin
FISuomi
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
FRFrançais
aequorine
ɛ-kwɔ-rin
GUGU
એક્યુઓરીન
ay-kwo-rin
HEעברית
אקוורין
a-kwɔ-rin
HIहिन्दी
एक्वोरिन
ay-kwɔ-rin
HUMagyar
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
IDBahasa Indonesia
aequorin
a-e-kwɔ-rin
ITItaliano
aequorina
a-ekwɔ-ree-na
JA日本語
アエ Qurin
a-e-ku-rin
KKKK
аэкуорин
a-ek-wo-rin
MSBahasa Melayu
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
MYမြန်မာ
အေကွိုရင်
a-ek-wɔ-rin
NLNederlands
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
NONorsk
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
PLPolski
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
PTPortuguês
aequorina
a-e-kwɔ-ree-nah
RORomână
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
RUРусский
аэкуорин
a-ek-wo-rin
SVSvenska
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
SWKiswahili
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
TAதமிழ்
அய்க்வோரின
ay-kwo-ri-na
TEతెలుగు
ఏకువోరిన్
ay-ku-vɔ-rin
THไทย
แอคควอรีน
a-ek-kwɔ-rin
TRTürkçe
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin
UKУкраїнська
аекуорин
a-ek-wo-rin
URاردو
اِکْوُرین
i-kwo-rin
VITiếng Việt
aequorin
ay-kwɔ-rin