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Hybrid Fungal Genome Annotation Pipeline Combining ab initio, Evidence-, and Homology-based gene model evaluation

  • Min, Byoungnam;Choi, In-Geol
    • 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.22-22
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    • 2018
  • Fungal genome sequencing and assembly have been trivial in these days. Genome analysis relies on high quality of gene prediction and annotation. Automatic fungal genome annotation pipeline is essential for handling genomic sequence data accumulated exponentially. However, building an automatic annotation procedure for fungal genomes is not an easy task. FunGAP (Fungal Genome Annotation Pipeline) is developed for precise and accurate prediction of gene models from any fungal genome assembly. To make high-quality gene models, this pipeline employs multiple gene prediction programs encompassing ab initio, evidence-, and homology-based evaluation. FunGAP aims to evaluate all predicted genes by filtering gene models. To make a successful filtering guide for removal of false-positive genes, we used a scoring function that seeks for a consensus by estimating each gene model based on homology to the known proteins or domains. FunGAP is freely available for non-commercial users at the GitHub site (https://github.com/CompSynBioLab-KoreaUniv/FunGAP).

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Distribution of HCV Genotypes in Chronic Korean HCV Patients

  • Lee, Kyung-Ok;Jeong, Su-Jin;Byun, Ji-Young;Shim, Ae-Sug;Seong, Hye-Soon;Kim, Kyung-Tae
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2007
  • HCV is a single-stranded RNA virus and more than 1 million new cases are reported annually worldwide. The six major HCV genotypes and numerous subtypes vary in their geographic distribution. It is thought that genetic heterogeneity of HCV may account for some of the differences in disease outcome and response to treatment observed in HCV infected persons. In this study, we determined HCV genotypes among chronic Korean HCV patients and evaluated direct sequence PCR protocols developed. For the study, 232 chronic HCV patient sera were used. HCV RNA was extracted and two pairs of consensus PCR primers were selected in 5'UTR region for amplification of HCV RNA. Amplification products obtained from the HCV positive cases were subjected to automatic sequencing. Sequences were compared with those in GenBank by using the BLAST program. From this study, five HCV genotypes, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c and 3a were found. HCV genotypes 4, 5 and 6 were not determined. HCV genotype 1b (53.9%, 125/232) and 2a (35.8%, 83/232) were most frequently found. This group was followed by 2b (3.9%, 9/232), 3a (3.4%, 8/232) and 2c (3.0%, 7/232). The data presented here suggest a complex distribution of HCV types and they were well correlated with other reports on Koreans and will be helpful for type-specific follow-up of Korean HCV patients. This study showed that 5'UTR direct sequence analysis is a sensitive and rapid method to identify HCV genotypes.

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Detection of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis by Sequencing of pncA Gene (pncA 유전자의 염기 서열 결정에 의한 결핵균의 Pyrazinamide 내성 진단)

  • Hwang, Jee-Yoon;Kwak, Kyung-Rok;Park, Hye-Kyung;Lee, Ji-Seok;Park, Sam-Seok;Kim, Yun-Seong;Lee, Jung-Yoo;Chang, Chul-Hun;Lee, Min-Ki;Park, Soon-Kew
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.94-105
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    • 2001
  • Background : Examining the biological susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide (PZA) in vitro is very difficult as PZA is inactive under normal culture conditions. The biological susceptibility test, an enzyme assay for Pzase activity, and a genetic test for pncA gene mutations, were performed in order to predict PZA resistance. Methods : 28 cultured clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were tested. The biological susceptibility was performed by the absolute concentration method using Lowenstein-Jensen media. The PZase activity was tested by means of Wayne's method. A 710-bp region includes the entire open reading frame of pncA was amplified and sequenced. Results : All six strains with positive PZase activity exhibited no pncA mutations with one strain showing a false resistance in the biological susceptibility test. Among the 22 strains with no PZase activity, 21 exhibited showed pncA mutations. In the biological susceptibility test, 20 strains were resistant, and one was susceptible, and the other flied to test. The mutation types varied with ten missense, one silent and one nonsense mutation 1 slipped-strand mispairing, and 6 frameshift mutations. Three strains had an adenine to guanine mutation at position -11 upstream of the start codon. Conclusion : The mutation at the pncA promotor region is frequent at -11 upstream position. Automatic sequencing of pncA is a useful tool for rapid and accurate detection of PZA resistant M. tuberculosis, and for demonstrating the epidemiological relatedness of the PZA resistant M. tuberculosis strains.

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Complete Nucleotide Sequence of KCNE1 in Korean Genome

  • Yeo, Shin-Il;Kim, Su-Won;Kim, Yoon-Nyun;You, Kwan-Hee;Shin, Song-Woo;Kim, Myoung-Hee;Song, Jae-Chan;Yoo, Min
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.185-188
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    • 2002
  • We have cloned the gene fur long QT syndrome in Korean genome and determined its detailed nucleotide sequence. Blood DNAs were isolated from 68 healthy individuals (including males and females) and the genomic DNAs were amplified by PCR method followed by automatic DNA sequencing. Entire sequence of the coding region for KCNEI was located in exon 3. PCR products were reexamined for the confirmation of KCNE1-specific amplification by nested PCR. KCNE1 mRNA was 436 bp. This corresponded to 129 amino acids. There was no recognizable difference between males and females. This study should contribute to the better understanding of long QT syndrome in Korean population.

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A Standard Model of Operation Processes for Automatic Letter Sequencing Sorter in the Delivery Post Office (우편 집배국에서의 순로구분기 업무프로세스의 표준모델)

  • Im Jun-Muk;Kim Ho-Yeon;Lee Seong-Jun;Jang Tae-U;Wang Seung-Jin;Gang Jin-Gyu;Gang Hong-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.1317-1324
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    • 2006
  • 우리나라의 우편 집배국에서는 우편배달업무의 효율성 제고를 위해서 자동 순로구분기를 개발하여 도입 운영하려는 프로젝트를 진행 중이다. 그러나 새롭게 도입하는 자동화시스템이므로 순로구분 업무프로세스의 표준모델의 개발이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시범적으로 순로구분기를 도입 운영하고 있는 집배국을 대상으로 순로구분업무를 분석하고 그를 바탕으로 자동순로구분 업무프로세스의 표준모델을 제시한다.

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Design of a knowledge-based controller for job scheduling in assembly (조립 작업에서의 생산계획 수립을 위한 지식베이스형 제어기의 설계)

  • 김성수;서기성;우광방
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1990.10a
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    • pp.514-518
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    • 1990
  • This paper describes an experimental Knowledge-Based Control System, named KBCS, for manufacturing and assembly. The KBCS of five parts and function : data-base, knowledge acquisition, optimization, and graphic monitoring. The KBCS is utilized for a FMS which is of five machine centers and automatic assembly lines. Each machine can perform almost all manufacturing functions which some difference in efficiency. Buffers store temporarily the incoming components and the outing components. Parts arrive at assembly lines after many steps of manufacturing, and the transfer path and time are determined by procedural knowledge of control systems. Nine different incoming components are set up. The total control system is expected to perform four algorithms, timing algorithm ,sequencing algorithm, penalty algorithm, and cart algorithm. The construction of controller require basic components of manufacturing systems in which knowledges are formulated on the base of the results and the repeated simulation of KBCS with graphic monitoring system. Simulation results by KBCS are compared with those by the other rules of manufacturing.

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Bioinformatics for the Korean Functional Genomics Project

  • Kim, Sang-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2000
  • Genomic approach produces massive amount of data within a short time period, New high-throughput automatic sequencers can generate over a million nucleotide sequence information overnight. A typical DNA chip experiment produces tens of thousands expression information, not to mention the tens of megabyte image files, These data must be handled automatically by computer and stored in electronic database, Thus there is a need for systematic approach of data collection, processing, and analysis. DNA sequence information is translated into amino acid sequence and is analyzed for key motif related to its biological and/or biochemical function. Functional genomics will play a significant role in identifying novel drug targets and diagnostic markers for serious diseases. As an enabling technology for functional genomics, bioinformatics is in great need worldwide, In Korea, a new functional genomics project has been recently launched and it focuses on identi☞ing genes associated with cancers prevalent in Korea, namely gastric and hepatic cancers, This involves gene discovery by high throughput sequencing of cancer cDNA libraries, gene expression profiling by DNA microarray and proteomics, and SNP profiling in Korea patient population, Our bioinformatics team will support all these activities by collecting, processing and analyzing these data.

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A Study on CAD interfaced CAPP System for Turning Operation ( I ) : Automatic Feature Recognition and Process Selection (선삭공정에서 CAD 인터페이스된 자동공정계획시스템개발에 관한 연구( I ) : 형상특징의 자동인식과 공정선정)

  • Cho, Kyu-Kap;Kim, In-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1991
  • This paper deals with some critical activities of CAPP system such as generation of part description database, part feature recognition, process and operation selection, and sequencing method for turning operation of symmetric rotational parts. The part description database is generated by data conversion module from CAD data, and the part feature is recognized by using both pattern primitives and feature recognition rules. Machining processes and operations are selected based on machining surface features and its sequence is determined by rules acquired from process planning expert. AutoCAD is employed as CAD system and computer program is developed by using Turbo-C on IBM PC/AT compatible system.

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Genotype Frequency of Human Papillomavirus Determined by PCR and DNA Sequencing in Korean Women

  • Lee, Kyung-Ok;Seong, Hye-Soon;Chung, Soo-Jin;Jung, Na-Young;Lee, Hye-Jung;Kim, Kyung-Tae
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2006
  • Human Papilloma viruses (HPVs) are etiological agents for cervical cancer and are classified into low- and high-risk categories. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of the HPV genotype in the HPV screening test of Korean women using PCR-direct sequencing. Consensus primers of L1 legion were used for the amplification of HPV DNA and the PCR products (450 bps) obtained were analyzed by automatic sequencing. Sequences were compared with those in GenBank by using the BLAST program. Cervical swab samples of 3,978 women (20-73 years) were tested and the average age was 37.6 years. In this study, 1,174 samples were HPV positive out of 3,978 cervical swab samples screened (29.5%) and 136 samples (11.6%) showed a double infection. A total of 1,310 HPV genotypes were analyzed. The HPV positive rate was the lowest in the 20 years group (69.5%) and most of the samples of the > 60 years group were found HPV positive. Among thirty seven different HPV types identified by sequencing, 21 were HPV high risk types and 16 HPV low risk types were 69.8% (914/1,310) and 26.0% (340/1,310), respectively. In HPV high-risk types, 16 (13.21%), was the most frequently found. HPV 53 (9.62%) and 58 (9.24%) were also frequently found. This group was followed by HPV types 70 (5.50%), 33 (4.73%), 66 (4.20%), 18 (4.05%), 52 (4.05%), 31 (3.97%) and 56 (3.51%) in descending order of frequency. Among HPV low-risk types, 62 (4.20%), 6 (3.59%), 81 (3.59%), 84 (3.51%), and 11 (2.6%) were frequently found. In conclusion, PCR-direct sequencing could be used for quick and reliable typing of known and novel HPVs from clinical specimens. This data could be useful for epidemiological study of HPV and it also allows type-specific follow-up of women who have been treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

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Development of RFID-based Automatic Analytical Information Generation System for Ubiquitous CRM in an Exhibit Hall (전시장에서 유비쿼터스형 고객관계관리를 위한 RFID기반의 분석정보 자동생성 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Do-Hyeun;Kang, Moon-Suk;Park, Chan-Jung
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.85-96
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    • 2009
  • Due to the bitter competition in markets and the need changes of consumers, customer relationship management(CRM) plays a key role in determining management strategies in companies. In addition, due to the advance of Ubiquitous environment, new applications are developed in the CRM arena. Since traditional data gathering methods can invade people's privacy and cause inaccurate data, new methods are required. In this paper, we propose an RFID-based automatic analytical information generation system for a ubiquitous CRM. Firstly, we develop an RFID middleware. And then, we store the data acquired from the middleware into a database. Finally, we analyze the data automatically and convert the data into meaningful information. By applying our system to an exhibition hall, automatically generated analytical information are given to companies and customers. The proposed system can make many companies meet their customers' needs in a ubiquitous way and can give them more accurate data by using clustering, associating, sequencing when they make a decision for their successful marketing.

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