• BMB Reports
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2010

5-Aminolevulinate (ALA) is well-known as an essential biosynthetic precursor of all tetrapyrrole compounds, which has been suggested to improve plant salt tolerance by exogenous application. In this work, the gene encoding aminolevulinate synthase (ALA-S) in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hem1) was introduced into the genome of Arabidopsis controlled by the Arabidopsis thaliana HemA1 gene promoter. All transgenic lines were able to transcribe the YHem1 gene, especially under light condition. The chimeric protein (YHem1-EGFP) was found co-localizing with the mitochondria in onion epidermal cells. The transgenic Arabidopsis plants could synthesize more endogenous ALA with higher levels of metabolites including chlorophyll and heme. When the $T_2$ homozygous seeds were cultured under NaCl stress, their germination and seedling growth were much better than the wild type. Therefore, introduction of ALA-S gene led to higher level of ALA metabolism with more salt tolerance in higher plants.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.659-664
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• 2003

The experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of sulfuric acid and nitric acid among the main components of simulated acid rain (SAR) on the growth of vegetative organs and seed germination of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Arabidopsis treated with SAR supplemented with sulfuric and nitric acids, respectively, showed 28% and 30% decrease of shoot and root growth compared to the control plants, and also many necrotic spots on leaf surfaces after SAR treatment were observed. The shoot and root length for plants grown with nitric acid rain was 14% and 17% lower, respectively, compared to the control, whereas those grown with sulfuric acid rain was 24% and 25% lower than control plants. When Arabidopsis seeds were sown in distilled water, germination rate was 100% after 7 days. However, 80% in SAR medium supplemented with sulfuric and nitric acids, 88% in sulfuric acid rain medium and 93% in nitric acid rain medium. The germination abilities of seeds harvested from SAR supplemented with sulfuric and nitric acids, sulfuric acid rain, and nitric acid rain were 73%, 73% and 94%, respectively. Consequently, sulfuric acids showed more inhibitory effects than nitric acids on the growth of vegetative organs as well as germination rates in Arabidopsis.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.339-343
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• 1995

철이온이 Arabidopsis thaliana의 mesophyll protoplasts 배양에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 mesophyll protoplasts를 분리한 후 변형시킨 IMH 배지에 서로 다른 농도의 Fe-EDTA를 조성하여 배양하는 동안 나타나는 현상들을 관찰하였다. 세포분열률, 미세캘러스의 생장 및 첫번째 세포분열의 시기 등이 Fe-EDTA 농도에 따라 현저히 달라짐을 확인하였다. 대조군에서는 전혀 세포분열이 관찰되지 않았으며, 0.02 mM 미만의 저농도에서는 세포분열률이 낮았다. 0.5-1 mM에서 가장 빠른 세포분열과 높은 분열률을 보였으며 미세캘러스의 형성과 생장도 가장 빨랐다. 낮은 농도(0-0.25 mM)의 Fe-EDTA가 첨가된 배지에서는 농도의 증가와 비례하여 분열률이 높아졌고, 첫 세포분열의 시기와 미세캘러스의 생장 또한 농도의 증가에 비례하여 촉진되는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 이러한 현상은 1 mM에서최고치를 보인 후 그 이상의 농도에서는 농도의 배가에 따라 효율이 현저히 감소되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 본 연구에서 엽육세포 원형질체의 세포분열 및 미세캘러스의 생장이 최대로 나타났던 0.5-1 mM 철이온 농도는 현재 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 배지들에 비해 5-10배의 높은 농도이다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2016

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are essential plant steroid hormones required for cell elongation, plant growth, development and abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. BRs are recognized by BRI1 receptor kinase that is localized in the plasma membrane, and the BRI1 protein will eventually autophosphorylate in the intracellular domain and transphosphorylate BAK1, which is a co-receptor in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, little is known of the role OsBRI1 receptor kinase plays in Oryza sativa, monocotyledonous plants, compared to that in Arabidopsis thaliana, dicotyledonous plants. As such, we have studied OsBRI1 receptor kinase in vitro and in vivo with recombinant protein and transgenic plants, whose phenotypes were also investigated. A OsBRI1 cytoplasmic domain (CD) recombinant protein was induced in BL21 (DE3) E.coli cells with IPTG, and purified to obtain OsBRI1 recombinant protein. Based on Western blot analysis with phospho-specific pTyr and pThr antibodies, OsBRI1 recombinant protein and OsBRI1-Flag protein were phosphorylated on Threonine residue(s), however, not on Tyrosine residue(s), both in vitro and in vivo. This is particularly intriguing as AtBRI1 protein was phosphorylated on both Ser/Thr and Tyr residues. Also, the OsBRI1 full-length gene was expressed in, and rescued, bri1-5 mutants, such as is seen in normal wild-type plants where AtBRI1-Flag rescues bri1-5 mutant plants. Root growth in seedlings decreased in Ws2, AtBRI1, and 3 independent OsBRI1 transgenic seedlings and had an almost complete lack of response to brassinolide in the bri1-5 mutant. In conclusion, OsBRI1, an orthologous gene of AtBRI1, can mediate normal BR signaling for plant growth and development in Arabidopsis thaliana.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.211-217
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• 1999

애기장대 (Arabidopsis thaliana) 생태종 'Columbia' 잎절편에서의 묘조, 부정근, 모용 및 캘러스 형성에 미치는 auxin과 cytokinin의 효과를 조사하였다. 광범위한 식물생장 조절물질 농도와 조합에서 묘조, 부정근, 모용 및 캘러스가 형성되었다. 묘조는 0.1mg/L IAA와 10mg/L BA에서 형성되었고, 부정근은 저농도의 IAA와 NAA에서 모두 형성되었다. 모용과 캘러스는 IAA와 NAA의 농도 증가에 따라 형성되었으나 모용은 0.5mg/L NAA와 0.1mg/L BA 혼합처리구에서 가장 많이 형성되었으며, 캘러스는 10mg/L NAA와 10mg/L BA혼합처리구에서 가장 많이 형성되었다. NAA의 단독 영향을 조사한 결과 부정근 형성은 0.1mg/L 모용은 2.0mg/L 캘러스는 10mg/L가 가장 효과적이었으며, NAA배지에 각각 일정 기간 잎 절편을 치상하였다가 NAA 무처리 배지에 옮긴 결과 부정근, 모용 및 캘러스을 형성하는 determination time은 각각 6, 7, 18일이었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.889-894
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• 2005

인공산성비를 애기장대 (Arabidopsis thaliana)에 처리하였을 때 나타나는 줄기와 잎의 생장 변화와 내부구조의 형태변화를 광학현미경으로 관찰하였다. pH 3.0의 인공산성비를 애기장대에 15일 동안 직접 처리한 식물의 줄기 생장은 산성비를 처리하지 않은 정상식물의 줄기 생장과 거의 차이가 없었으며, 외형적인 형태변화도 관찰되지 않았다. 인공산성비를 처리한 식물 줄기의 내부구조는 정상식물 줄기에 비하여 표피조직과 피층 조직이 일부분 파괴되어 산성비에 의한 피해가 있었음이 관찰되었다. 인공산성비를 처리한 식물의 잎 생장은 정상식물 및 생장과 비교하여 차이가 거의 나타나지 않았으나, 외형적인 형태에서는 변화가 관찰되었다. 인공산성비를 처리한 식물의 잎 표면에서는 상표피의 많은 부위에서 흰 괴사반점이 뚜렸하게 관찰되었다. 인공산성비에 의하여 괴사반점이 나타난 잎의 내부조직을 광학현미경으로 관찰한 결과, 잎 표피세포는 큐티클층이 파괴되어 압착되었고 엽육 조직의 세포들도 역시 심하게 파괴되어 수축된 반면에 유관속 조직의 구조적 변화는 거의 관찰되지 않았다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.311-315
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• 2001

담배 (Nicotiana tabacum L cv. Xanthi) 및 애기장대 (Arabidopsis thaliana cv. Col-0)에서 다양한 발달단계의 잎으로부터 원형질체를 분리하여 세포 크기와 엽록체의 크기 및 수의 관계를 조사하였다. 담배 원형질체의 지름이 15.6 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하인 작은 세포는 20여 개 이하의 엽록체를 가지고 있었는데, 엽록체의 평균 크기는 두께 0.93 $\mu\textrm{m}$, 길이 3.3$\mu\textrm{m}$로 나타났다. 잎이 신장되어 원형질체의 지름이 평균 30 $\mu\textrm{m}$에서 45 $\mu\textrm{m}$로 증가함에 따라, 엽록체는 두께 1.57 $\mu\textrm{m}$, 길이 5.55 $\mu\textrm{m}$의 크기로 일정하게 유지되었으나 엽록체의 수는 평균 42개에서 101개로 증가하였다. 이와 같이 담배에서 잎의 크기 또는 세포의 크기와 엽록체의 수 또는 부피는 비례관계를 나타냈고 동일한 경향이 애기장대에서도 관찰되었다. 세포 부피에 대한 총 엽록체의 부피의 비는 다양한 발달단계에서 담배는 10.5%, 애기장대는 32.5%로 일정하게 유지되었다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.301-307
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• 1996

The disassembly of Chl-protein complexes during dark-induced senescence (DIS) was investigated using detached third and fourthleaves of 21$\pm$1 day-old Arabidopsis thaliana. Although Chl content decreased linearly after 1 d, a significant decrease of photochemical effeciency (Fv/Fm) was observed after 2 d. In experiments using native green gel electrophoresis of Chl-protein complexes combined with additional two-dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis, we could observe the degradation of both photosystems after 2 d. Although light-harvesting complex(LHC) for PSI (LHCI) was degraded first in PSI complex, small PSII apoproteins including CP47/CP43 and D1/D2 apoproteins were degraded first in PSII complexes. LHC for PSII (LHCII) trimers were stable until 4 d. The level of LHCII monomers was increased until 3 and decreased thereafter, resulting in the increase of free pigments. These results suggest that the disassembly process of PSI is different from that of PSII.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.203-209
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• 1999

Three-week grown Arabidopsis thaliana leaves were wounded by cutting whole leaves with a razor blade into pieces (about$3\;mm\;{\times}\;3\;mm$) submerged in various solutions, and incubated in a growth chamber for 24 h. We measured and compared activities of several enzymes such as phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL), thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, thioltransferase, glutathione reductase, and $NADP^+$ -malate dehydrogenase. PAL activity was decreased in $HgCl_2$-, $CdCl_2$-, and glyphosate-treated leaf slices, and could not be detected after treatment with $CdCl_2$. TAL activity was found to be maximal in the $CdCl_2$-treated leaf slices. Activity of thioredoxin, a small protein known as a cofactor of ribonucleotide reductase and a regulator of photosynthesis, was significantly increased in the $CdCl_2$-treated leaf slices, while thioredoxin reductase activity was maximal in the $HgCl_2$-treated leaf slices. Thioltransferase and glutathione reductase activities were significantly decreased in the $HgCl_2$-treated leaf slices. $NADP^+$ -malate dehydrogenase activity remained relatively constant after the chemical treatments. Our results strongly indicate that sulfhydryl-related and phenylpropanoid-synthesizing enzyme activities are affected by chemical treatments such as hydrogen peroxide, heavy metals, and glyphosate.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1103-1108
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• 2004

This experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of cadmium on the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana when they were treated with different concentrations of cadmium. The growth of stem was stimulated in the concentrations up to fifty times higher than the official standard concentration of cadmium of pollutant exhaust notified by the Ministry of Environment, but it decreased in the concentration one hundred fifty times or more higher in proportion to the degree of concentration. The growth of root was similar to that of stem, except that the decrease was gradual in the concentration fifty times or more higher. The growth of leaf was almost the same as that of stem, that is, it was stimulated the increase of leaf surface area in the concentration fifty times higher, but decreased in the concentration one hundred fifty times or more higher in proportion to the degree of concentration. The fresh weights of the plants were increased in accord with the degree of growth of the stem and leaf. Concentration of cadmium accumulated in the plants was increased in proportion to the concentration of cadmium. These results show that the growth of plants was stimulated in the soil polluted by cadmium up to fifty times higher than the official standard concentration, but it was decreased in proportion to the degree of concentration in the plants grown in the presence of cadmium more than one hundred fifty times.