• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2009

By screening C. elegans mutants for severe defects in germline proliferation, we isolated a new loss-of-function allele of cdc-25.1, bn115. bn115 and another previously identified loss-of-function allele nr2036 do not exhibit noticeable cell division defects in the somatic tissues but have reduced numbers of germ cells and are sterile, indicating that cdc-25.1 functions predominantly in the germ line during postembryonic development, and that cdc-25.1 activity is probably not required in somatic lineages during larval development. We analyzed cell division of germ cells and somatic tissues in bn115 homozygotes with germline-specific anti-PGL-1 immunofluorescence and GFP transgenes that express in intestinal cells, in distal tip cells, and in gonadal sheath cells, respectively. We also analyzed the expression pattern of cdc-25.1 with conventional and quantitative RT-PCR. In the presence of three other family members of cdc-25.1 in C. elegans, defects are observed only in the germ line but not in the somatic tissues in cdc-25.1 single mutants, and cdc-25.1 is expressed predominantly, if not exclusively, in the germ line during postembryonic stages. Our findings indicate that the function of cdc-25.1 is unique in the germ line but likely redundant with other members in the soma.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.703-710
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• 2003

본 연구는 재래돼지와 랜드레이스를 기초축으로 이용한 F$_2$ 241두에 대해 Heart Fatty Acid- Binding Protein 유전자와 연관되어 있는 PCR- RFLP를 이용하여 그 다형성을 조사하고 돼지의 성장형질, 도체형질, 육질형질과 그 유전자형간의 연관성을 구명코자 실시하였다. H-FABP PCR-RFLP는 두 쌍의 primer에 의한 850bp와 700bp의 증폭산물을 HaeⅢ와 HinfⅠ제한효소를 사용하여 실시되었다. HaeⅢ을 이용한 PCR-RFLP 유전자형은 DD형/700+150bp, Dd형/700+400+300+ 150bp 그리고 dd형/400+300+150bp의 DNA 단편을 보였으며, Hinf1에 의한 유전자형은 HH형은 350+180+130bp, Hh형은 350+220+180+130bp, hh형/350+220+130bp의 절단된 DNA 단편을 보였다. H-FABP/HaeⅢ 유전자형 중에서 12주령 체중은 DD형에 비해 Dd와 dd형에서 유의적으로 높은 값을 보였으며(p〈0.001), 3주령 체중 (p〈0.01)과 5주령, 30주령 체중 (p〈0.05)에 경우도 Dd와 dd형에서 유의적으로 높게 관찰되었고(Table 3), 특히 ‘d’ 대립유전자가 체중과 연관성이 있음이 관찰되었다. H-FABP/HinfⅠ의 유전자형과 표현형질의 연관성을 보면 12주령, 30주령 체중 및 도체지방 과 등지방 두께에서는 hh형에 비해 HH와 Hh형에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며(p〈0.001), 5주령 체중과 근내지방 함량에서도 HH형에서 유의적으로 높게 관찰되었고(p〈0.05), 특히 ‘H’ 대립유전자가 체중과 도체지방, 등지방 두께 및 근내지방 함량과 연관성이 있음이 관찰되었다. 따라서 돼지성장 및 지방축적과 관련한 선발력을 높이기 위해 H- FABP PCR-RFLP(HaeⅢ & HinfⅠ)를 분자생물학적 marker로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2010년도 정기총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.15-15
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• 2010

Koran ginseng(Pnax ginseng) is one of the most important medicinal plants in Orient. Among the nine cultivars of Korea ginseng, Chunpoong commands a much greater market value and has been planted widely. A rapid and reliable method for discriminating the Chunpoong cultivar was developed by exploiting a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the mitochondrial nad7 intron 4 region of nine Korea ginseng cultivars using universal primers. A SNP was detected between Chunpoong and other cultivars and modified allele-specific primers were designed from this SNP site to effective method for the geneic identification of the Chunpoong cultivar of ginseng.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.292-2999
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• 2022

Anthocyanin, an important component in the grape berry skin, strongly affects grape quality. The transcription factors VvMYBA1 and VvMYBA2 (VvMYBA1/2) control anthocyanin biosynthesis. In addition, cultivation and environmental factors, such as light, influence anthocyanin accumulation. The present study aimed to clarify the effect of shading (reduced light condition) on the transcriptomic regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis using a red-wine grape cultivar, Vitis vinifera 'Pinot Noir', and its white mutant, 'Pinot Blanc', caused by the deletion of the red allele of VvMYBA1/2. The grape berry skins were analyzed for anthocyanin content and global gene transcription accumulation. The microarray data were later validated by quantitative real-time PCR. A decisive influence of VvMYBA1/2 on the expression of an anthocyanin-specific gene, UDP glucose: flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase, was observed as expected. In contrast, upstream genes of the pathway, which are shared by other flavonoids, were also expressed in 'Pinot Blanc', and the mRNA levels of some of these genes decreased in both cultivars on shading. Thus, the involvement of light-sensitive transcription factor(s) other than VvMYBA1/2 was suggested for the expression control of the upstream genes of the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. Furthermore, it was suggested that the effects of these factors are different among isogenes.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2001

목적: H. pylori의 vacA 대립유전자는 종족과 지역에 따라 다양하게 나타나고 있다. 저자들은 H. pylori에 감염된 소아의 위생검조직에서 vacA 대립 유전자에 대한 중합효소연쇄반응과 유전자염기분석을 실시하여 한국의 signal sequence와 mid-region의 다형성 및 고유의 시발체를 연구하고자 하였다. 방법: 상부 위내시경을 시행한 후 H. pylori 감염으로 진단된 10~18세 50명의 환아를 대상으로 위생검조직을 이용하여 vacA 대립유전자에 대한 PCR과 DNA 분석을 실시하였다. 이들 결과와 다른 나라의 vacA 대립유전자를 비교분석하였고 우리나라의 고유한 염기배열을 갖는 시발체를 제작하였다. 결과: 1) 서구의 시발체를 사용한 50명 중 30명(60%)에서 모두 s1이 검출되었고 이중 s1a가 14명, s1c 15명, s1a/s1c hybrid가 한 명이었으며 s1b는 발견되지 않았다. s1c/m1이 가장 많은 형이었다. 2) 우리 나라에 공통으로 발견되는 염기변이가 s1a에서는 GGGAGCGTTR, s1c는 GGGGYTATTG 이었으며 이들을 이용하여 새로운 시발체를 고안하였다(VASK-F, VASK-R, S1AK-F, S1CK-F). 새로이 제작된 시발체로 처음의 50개 조직을 재검한 결과 50개 모두에서 s region이 양성이었다. 결론: 우리 나라의 주된 vacA 대립유전자형조합은 s1c/m1이었고, vacA signal sequence의 한국 고유의 시발체를 만들었음을 보고하는 바이다.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.163-167
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• 2002

Purpose: Interleukin 1$\beta$ (IL-1$\beta$) polymorphisms are associated with hypochlorhydria, atrophic gastritis, and increased risk of gastric cancer in Caucasians. We tried to determine whether the IL-1.. and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1 RN) genetic polymorphisms contribute to the development of gastric cancer and the specific type of gastritis in Korean. Materials and Methods: The study population was comprised of 128 gastric cancer patients with histologically proven carcinoma and 63 normal healthy individuals. Sixty-eight carcinomas were of intestinal-type and sixty tumors were of diffuse-type. No patient had a familial gastric cancer history. The 511 bp and 31 bp polymorphisms in the IL-1.. were genotyped by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism. The polymorphism of the IL-1 RN was analyzed with variable number tandem repeat after PCR. Results: The genotype of 511C/-31T of IL-1$\beta$ and allele 1 of IL-1 RN was dominant in the present subjects. The allelic frequencies of the C allele IL-1$\beta$, which is a high risk genotype for gastric cancer, were 0.551 and 0.429 in gastric cancer and normal controls, respectively. Statistically, significant difference in allelic frequencies of three polymorphic sites between gastric cancer patients and normal controls, and between intestinal-type and diffuse-type was not observed. Conclusions: These results suggest that the polymorphisms of IL-1$\beta$ and IL-1 RN may not contribute to the development of Korean gastric caner and that other endogenous or exogenous factors will be important for gastric carcinogenesis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.155-158
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• 2003

In early 2002, over 200 people in the city of Pusan. Korea suffered from paratyphoid fever resulting from Salmonella Paratyphi A Infection. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests and Xbal pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFCE) were conducted to 54 Salmonella Paratyphi A isolated from humans during the period of 1998 to 2002. Most of the isolates ($83\%$) were only nalidixic acid-resistant and $78\%$ were X 1 PFGE patterns. Also, we measured the MIC of ciprofloxacin and screened gyrA mutation(5) using allele- specific PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism (AS-PCR-RFLP). The representative 5 isolates in 2002 and 1 isolate in 2000 were $1{\mu}g/ml$ of MIC and had mutation at the 83rd codon in gyrA. These data suggest that the outbreak in the early 2002 might have been due to dissemination of the strain present In 2000. Also, decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was partly due to the mutation at the 83rd codon in gyrA.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권20호
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• pp.8963-8967
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• 2014

Background: Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Apoptosis is a necessary physiological process for cell elimination which is very important both cellular homeostasis and cell proliferation and differantiation. Dysregulation can lead to uncontrolled cell growth and tumor development. Survivin, a member of the IAP family, plays a key role in promotion of cell proliferation as well as inhibition of apoptosis in cancer cells. The aim of this study was to investigate whether specific genetic polymorphisms of survivin could be associated with colon cancer development and progression in a Turkish population. Our study is the first to our knowledge to investigate the relationship between colon cancer risk and survivin gene polymorphisms. Materials and Methods: The relation between colon cancer and survivin -31 G/C (rs9904341), -241 C/T (rs17878467) and -625 C/G (rs8073069) polymorphism in promotor site of survivin gene associated with apoptosis was investigated using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. Results: Individuals with -31C allele and CC genotype were found to have a higher risk of developing colon cancer (OR=13.4, p=0.01). The -241 CT genotype considerably increased the risk of colon cancer (OR=12.0, p=0.0001). However, there was no significant varaition of the survivin -625 C/G polymorphism among colon cancer patients and controls in our study. Conclusions: This study provides the first evidence that survivin -31 G/C and -241 C/T SNP significantly contribute to the risk of colon cancer in the Turkish population.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.3085-3088
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• 2016

Background: Worldwide, colorectal cancer (CRC) is reported to be the fourth most common cancer in men and the third most common in women. KRAS is a proto-oncogene located on the short arm of chromosome 12. The aim of this study was to evaluate the KRAS oncogene and its relationship it with clinicopathologic features in 33 Kurdish patients. Materials and Methods: Metastatic CRC between 2012 and 2016 that came to Imam Reza hospital, Kermanshah province, Iran, were analysed for KRAS mutations using allele specific PCR primers and pyrosequencing. Correlations between variables was analyzed in PASW SPSS and overall survival curves were plotted in Graph Pad prism 5. Results: The mean age for them at diagnosis was $51.5{\pm}12.6$ years (range, 22-76 years). Among the 33 patients that were sequenced, 12 samples in the KRAS gene had a nucleotide change, 11 in codon 12 and 1 in codon 13.There was no significant relationship between the mutation and clinical and pathological aspects of the disease. Conclusions: Knowledge of the KRAS status can help in decision-making to treat metastatic colorectal cancer patients more efficiently and increase survival. However, many Kurdish people due to economic problems are not able to do this valuable genetic test. In addition, we need more careful research of KRAS oncogene at the molecular level in young populations with more patients.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2015

Genetic polymorphisms of pvdhfr and pvdhps genes of Plasmodium vivax were investigated in 83 blood samples collected from patients in the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The SNP-haplotypes of the pvdhfr gene at the amino acid positions 13, 33, 57, 58, 61, 117, and 173, and that of the pvdhps gene at the positions 383 and 553 were analyzed by nested PCR-RFLP. Results suggest diverse polymorphic patterns of pvdhfr alone as well as the combination patterns with pvdhps mutant alleles in P. vivax isolates collected from the 3 endemic countries in Asia. All samples carried mutant combination alleles of pvdhfr and pvdhps. The most prevalent combination alleles found in samples from the Philippines and Bangladesh were triple mutant pvdhfr combined with single mutant pvdhps allele and triple mutant pvdhfr combined with double wild-type pvdhps alleles, respectively. Those collected from Nepal were quadruple mutant pvdhfr combined with double wild-type pvdhps alleles. New alternative antifolate drugs which are effective against sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)-resistant P. vivax are required.