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Detection of tobacco mosaic virus from "Kimchi" (김치에서의 활성 TMV 검출)

  • 박은경;김정화;이영근
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 1983
  • Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was detected from Kimchi by biological and serological assay 5. Kimchi samples three month after cooked were collected, and were inoculated on N. tabacum var. Burley 21 and NC 95. Out of 33 samples, 6 showed typical symptoms induced by TMV, local necrotic lesions on Burley 21 and mosaic on NC 95. All saps from tobacco leaves showed the mosaic symptom reacted positively against TMV antiserum by agar gel double diffusion test. Based on the results, the Kimchi is considered as one of the important inoculum sources in Korea.

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The ascorbic acid oxidizing activity in streptomyces viridochromogenes (Streptomyces viridochromogenes의 ascorbic acid 산화 활성)

  • 김성욱;노재영;김재헌
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.283-289
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    • 1990
  • The competence time of Streptomyces viridochromogenes for aerial mycelium formation was determined. Within 10 hrs after spore inoculation the submerged mycelium was programed to form aerial mycelium, when the former was laid on agar plate. The white aerial mycelium was formed 17-22 hrs after the transfer. Ascorbic acid oxidizing enzyme band on native gel showed chracteristic mobility change during aerial mycelium formation. Total activity of this enzyme did not show any correlation with the differentiation. The asay condition for the crude enzyme was determined. EDTA and $FeCl_{2}$ showed stimulatory effect. Approximate ratio of oxygen consumed to ascorbic acid oxidized was 1:1.

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Substrate bonding technique using the agar-epoxy composites for flexible LCD

  • Bae, Ji-Hong;Jang, Se-Jin;Choi, Hong;Kim, Sang-Il;Kim, Jae-Hoon
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.733-736
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    • 2007
  • We have proposed novel bonding technique of substrates for developing the flexible LCD with high quality. The gel type mixture of agarose and UV curable epoxy developed to obtain tight bonding ability and enhanced electro-optical characteristic simultaneously. This technique can be used to roll-to-roll process for fabricating the flexible LCDs.

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Extraction Yield and Quality Attributes of Agar from Domestic Seaweeds According to Various Pretreatments (국산원조(國産原藻)의 전처리(前處理)과정에 따른 한천(寒天)의 수율(收率) 및 품질특성(品質特性))

  • Lee, Su-Rae;Cho, Han-Ok;Park, Sang-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 1975
  • Domestic seaweeds Gracilaria verrucosa collected from coastal areas of Namhae, Wando and Yeosoo, Korea were subjected to the examination of yield and quality of agar prepared according to various pretreatment conditions. In alkali treatment at high temperature, higher alkali concentration for one-hour period at $90^{\circ}C$ gave rise to higher yield of agar. In acid treatment, higher yield was obtained by higher acid concentration and longer treating period. Alkali treatment at room temperature gave rise to a slightly decreased yield at higher alkali concentration and longer treating time. Total nitrogen and crude ash of agar samples were greatly decreased by pretreatments. Jelly strength, gelation ability, gelation point and viscosity of agar samples tended to increase as the alkali-treating condition of seaweed became stronger. It was shown that sulfur content of agar had a high negative correlation with jelly strength of its gel. Various alkali treatments of seaweed at room temperature showed no marked difference in agar quality and did not exhibit any good effect comparable to alkali treatment at high temperature.

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Biological effects of a root conditioning agent for dentin surface modification in vitro

  • Lee, Jue-Yeon;Seol, Yang-Jo;Park, Jang-Ryul;Park, Yoon-Jeong;Chung, Chong-Pyoung
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.257-264
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: Connective tissue reattachment to periodontally damaged root surfaces is one of the most important goals of periodontal therapy. The aim of this study was to develop a root conditioning agent that can demineralize and detoxify the infected root surface. Methods: Dentin slices obtained from human teeth were treated with a novel root planing agent for 2 minutes and then washed with phosphate-buffered saline. Smear layer removal and type I collagen exposure were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and type I collagen immunostaining, respectively. Cell attachment and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) removal demonstrated the efficiency of the root conditioning agent. Results: SEM revealed that the smear layer was entirely removed and the dentinal tubules were opened by the experimental gel. Type I collagen was exposed on the surfaces of the dentin slices treated by the experimental gel, which were compared with dentin treated with other root planing agents. Dentin slices treated with the experimental gel showed the highest number of attached fibroblasts and flattened cell morphology. The agar diffusion assay demonstrated that the experimental gel also has effective antimicrobial activity. Escherichia coli LPS were effectively removed from well plates by the experimental gel. Conclusions: These results demonstrated that this experimental gel is a useful tool for root conditioning of infected root surfaces and can also be applied for detoxification of ailing implant surface threads.

Microcontact Printing of Bacteria Using Hybrid Agarose Gel Stamp (혼성 아가로즈젤 스탬프를 이용한 박테리아 마이크로 컨택트 프린팅)

  • Shim, Hyun-Woo;Lee, Ji-Hye;Lee, Chang-Soo
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2006
  • The noble method of hybrid agarose gel microstamp fabricated by replica molding against PDMS master to make bacteria patterns on agar surface was presented. After the fabricated hybrid agarose gel microstamp was inked with E. coli, we could obtain 2 dimensional bacterial arrays with $50{\mu}m$ circular spots. And the various shaped patterns based on experimental design were easily generated. The analysis of mean fluorescent signal was showed that bacterial pattern have high contrast between spots and background and homogeneity of pattern. Our proposed method solved the problem of wetting and handling with small soft agarose gel microstamp when bacteria were used for ink. The agarose gel stamp provides appropriate environment to inked bacteria, which is essential technology for cell patterning with high retaining viability during the patterning process. This method is reproducible, convenient, rapid, and could be applied to screening system, study of cell-surface interaction, and microbial ecology.

Synthesis Conditions and Rheological Characteristics of Aluminum Phosphate (인산 알루미늄의 합성조건과 유동학적 특성)

  • 신화우;안세민;정동훈;강태욱;이광표
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.319-325
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    • 1991
  • Aluminum phosphate gel was synthesized by reacting aluminum sulfate as a soluble aluminum salt to tribasic sodium phosphate in this study. The optimal synthesis conditions based on the yield of product were investigated by applying Box-Wilson experimental design. It was found that optimal synthesis conditions were as follows: Reaction temperature; $61~71^{\circ}C$, concentration of two reactants; 12.27~13.83%, concentration ratio of two reactants; [AI$_{2}$(SO$_{4}$)$_{3}$]/[Na$_{3}$PO$_{4}$]= 0.5, reaction time; 10.9~12.1 minutes, drying temperature of product; $60~72^{\circ}C$. Aluminum phosphate gel prepared by the optimal synthesis conditions was suspended with four types of natural and synthetic gums at the concentration of 0.375~1.5wv%. Their Theological properties of aluminum phosphate gels were examined with Haake-Rotovisco RV 20 rotational viscometer. It showed that the higher concentration of suspending agents and lower temperature, the higher viscosity. Aluminum phosphate gel suspended by pectin and agar showed plastic flow with rheopexy, and their gels suspended by sodium alginate and sod. CMC showed plastic flow with thixotropy.

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Purification of Therapeutic Serums of Snake Anti-Venom with Caprylic Acid

  • Norouznejad, Nilofar;Zolfagharian, Hossein;Babaie, Mahdi;Ghobeh, Maryam
    • Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.114-120
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: Antivenom serums have been used extensively for over a century and are the only effective treatment option for snake bites and other dangerous animal envenomations. In therapeutic serum centers, a wide range of antivenoms is made from animal serum, mainly equine and sheep, that are immunized with single or multiple venoms. This work aimed to use caprylic acid (CA) to purify therapeutic snake antivenom. Methods: Plasma was obtained from equine immunized with a mixture of venoms. Immunized plasma was obtained by precipitation of different concentrations (2-5%) of CA. This methodology was compared to that based on ammonium sulfate (AS) precipitation. Sediment plasma proteins were purified by ion-exchange chromatography. Protein assay, SDSPAGE, and agar gel diffusion were performed. Results: The total protein precipitation with AS was higher than precipitation with CA, but the best results were obtained when CA was added to the plasma until a final CA concentration of 5% was reached. Chromatography and electrophoresis indicated a stronger band for the 5% CA, and the gel diffusion assay showed antigen-antibody interaction in the purified serum. Conclusion: The use of CA compared to the routine method for purifying hyperimmune serums is a practical and cost-effective method for preparing and producing therapeutic serums. It constitutes a potentially valuable technology for alleviating the critical shortage of antivenom in Iran.

A serological survey of bovine leukemia virus infection in dairy cattle in the suburban farming area of Japan (일본도시근교낙농장(日本都市近郊酪農場) 유우(乳牛)의 우백혈병감염(牛白血病感染)에 대한 혈청학적(血淸學的) 조사연구(調査硏究))

  • Sakai, Takeo;Lee, Won-Chang
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 1989
  • A survey on the prevalence and distribution of antibodies to BLV was performed by the agar-gel immunodiffusion test over a period from 1983 to 1985. More than 2,407 serum samples were collected from Holstein cattle raised in the eastern part of Saitama prefecture where suburban dairy farm is operated. The average positive rate of this period was 4.9%. The rates of reactive samples varied from 2.6 to 9.8% among the age groups of cattle from younger than one year to 14 years of age. The positive rate increased gradually with age. The positive rates also varied widely from 0 to 21% among areas surveyed. Furthermore, there were large differences in this rate among farms even in the same area. The results were interpreted and discussed in connection with the enzootic feature of BLV infection.

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The Study on the Thyroglobulin in Thyroid Diseases (갑상선질환(甲狀腺疾患)의 Thyroglobulin에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)(예보(豫報)))

  • Kim, Suk-Keun;Lim, Soo-Duk;Lee, Mun-Ho
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 1970
  • In recent years with development of immuno-electrophoresis, more acurate analysis of the serum protein became possible. However, there is few reports in the literature which investigated the changes of the immunoglobulin compared with electrophoretically fractioned serum thyroglobulin in the patients with various thyroid diseases. The purpose of this report is to investigate the changes of thyroglobulin in various thyroid diseases by the method of immuno-electrophoresis and to compare the results with.serum protein fractionated by the method of agar-gel micro-electrophoresis. Materials and Methods: Sera from 9 patients with diffuse toxic goiter, 2 nodular nontoxic goiter, 2 thyroiditis, 3 hypothy, roidism, 1 thyroid cancer, 7 cystic degeneration of the thyroid gland, and 10 normal subject were taken. All cases were confirmed by various laboratory thyroid function tests and thyroid needle biopsy. Immuno-electrophoretic analysis of the serum were performed by Scheidegger's modified micro-immuno-electrophoretic method. The antiserum was obtained from the Travenol Laboratories International, Hyland Products Division and was rabbit anti-human thyroglobulin. Microscope slide agar-gel electrophoresis for serum protein fractionation was performed at $4^{\circ}C$ using veronal buffer, pH 8.6 and ionic strength 0.05, with 54 volts and 2.8 mA for 60 minutes. The fractionated slide was stained with 0.1% thiazine red. The results were as follows: 1) Increase of immune-globulin macroglobulin (IgM), alphaglobulin, and immune-globulin A (IgA) by 95.8%, 100%, 29.2% respectively was found in the serum from various thyroid diseases. 2) Thyroglobulin fraction was found to be increased in 50%, no change in 41.7%, and no line in 8.3% with all of the various goiter patients. On the other hand, 10 normal control group showed only 2 cases of increase, 5 cases of no change and 3 cases of no line.

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