The researchers developed a new screening system, based on a naturally fluorescent protein called luciferase, to identify small molecules that inhibit proteins that turn genes on and off.

• 在天然荧光蛋白荧光素酶的基础上，研究者发展了一种新的筛选系统，此系统可以用来鉴定抑制启动和关闭基因蛋白的小分子。