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Table I
Examples where apoaequorin or apoaequorin-BRET complexes have been targeted to a diverse range of di V erent species

Kingdom Class Species Apoaequorin or apoaequorin-BRET targeted to: References

Animalia Mammals Mus musculus (mouse) Whole organism Yamano et al. (2007)

Mitochondrial matrix a

Rogers et al. (2007)

Whole organism b

Fish Danio rerio (zebrafish) Cheung et al. (2006)

Trunk musculature Cheung (2009)

Amphibians Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) Plasma membrane of oocytes Daguzan et al. (1995)

Insects Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) Malpighian tubules—di V erent Rosay et al. (1997)

cellular components

Mushroom bodies and antennal lobes a

Martin et al. (2007)

Plantae Dicots Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (Tobacco) Whole organism Knight et al. (1991a)

Arabidopsis thaliana Whole organism Knight et al. (1995, 1996),

Sedbrook et al. (1996)

Guard cells Dodd et al. (2006)

Endodermis and pericycle of roots c

Kiegle et al. (2000)

Solanum tuberosum (Potato) Whole organism Fisahn et al. (2004)

Monocots Triticum aestivum (Winter wheat) Whole organism Nagel-Volkmann et al. (2009)

Moss Physcomitrella patens Whole organism Russell et al. (1996)

Fungi Funguses Phyllosticta ampelicida Whole organism Shaw et al. (2001)

Neurospora cassa Whole organism Nelson et al. (2004)

Aspergillus awamori Whole organism Nelson et al. (2004)

Aspergillus niger Whole organism Nelson et al. (2004),

Benˇina et al. (2005)

Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Whole organism Batiza et al. (1996)

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Whole organism Deng et al. (2006)

Protista Amoebozoa Dictyostelium discoideum (Slime mold) Whole organism Cubitt et al. (1995)

Diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum Whole organism Falciatore et al. (2000)

Monera Bacteria Escherichia coli Whole organism Knight et al. (1991b)

Bacillus subtilis Whole organism Herbaud et al. (1998)

Streptococcus pneumoniae Whole organism Chapuy-Regaud et al. (2001)

Blue-green algae Anabaena strain sp. PCC7120 Whole organism Torrecilla et al. (2000)

a GFP-aequorin constructs were used.
b Transient transfection of apoaequorin mRNA was used.
c YFP-aequorin constructs were used.