• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2009

Background: Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia(CML) have different health status according to their disease conditions such as chronic phase(CP), accelerated phase(AP), blast crisis(BC), stage with MCyR(Major Cytogenetic Response); therefore, every patient has different quality of life related to their disease condition. Objectives: To measure the quality of life, this study compared and analyzed the utility weight in patients with CML. This study also evaluated the utility weight in order to view comparisons between the quality of life in a patient with CML to a patient with diabetes, which is a representative chronic disease. Methods: The disease scenario described 5 symptoms of the CP, AP, BC of the CML, the CML which gets the MCyR and the diabetes. Utility weight was developed using the EQ-5D method. All statistical data were analyzed by STATA 10.0 Results: 57 nurses(95%) out of 60 answered the questionnaire. In CP, the utility weight was 0.7946. In AP, it was 0.5301. and in BC, it was -0.2793. Survey data indicate that the worse the condition of a disease, the lower the utility weight. In case of the CML which gets the MCyR, the result was 0.7731(95% CI : 0.7384 - 0.8079). The general diabetes which has no complicating disease, the utility weight was 0.7481(95% CI : 0.6983 - 0.7978). Based on the result, it is evident that those with MCyR are not significantly different from people with general diabetes (p=0.4096) in views of the quality of life.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.364-372
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• 2012

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causing bacterial leaf blight disease in rice produces and secretes Hpa1 protein that belongs to harpin protein family. Previously it was reported that Hpa1 induced defense responses when it was produced in tobacco. In this study, we expressed hpa1 gene in rice and Arabidopsis to examine the effects of Hpa1 expression on disease resistance to both fungal and bacterial pathogens. Expression of hpa1 gene in rice enhanced disease resistance to both X. oryzae pv. oryzae and Magnaporthe grisea. Interestingly, individual transgenic rice plants could be divided into four groups, depending on responses to both pathogens. hpa1 expression in Arabidopsis also enhanced disease resistance to both Botrytis cineria and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. To examine genes that are up-regulated in the transgenic rice plants after inoculation with X. oryzae pv. oryzae, known defense-related genes were assessed, and also microarray analysis with the Rice 5 K DNA chip was performed. Interestingly, expression of OsACS1 gene, which was found as the gene that showed the highest induction, was induced earlier and stronger than that in the wild type plant. These results indicate that hpa1 expression in the diverse plant species, including monocot and dicot, can enhance disease resistance to both fungal and bacterial plant pathogens.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.11-11
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• 2014

Fungal pathogens have huge impact on health and economic wellbeing of human by causing life-threatening mycoses in immune-compromised patients or by destroying crop plants. A key determinant of fungal pathogenesis is their ability to undergo developmental change in response to host or environmental factors. Genetic pathways that regulate such morphological transitions and adaptation are therefore extensively studied during the last few decades. Given that epigenetic as well as genetic components play pivotal roles in development of plants and mammals, contribution of microbial epigenetic counterparts to this morphogenetic process is intriguing yet nearly unappreciated question to date. To bridge this gap in our knowledge, we set out to investigate histone modifications among epigenetic mechanisms that possibly regulate fungal adaptation and processes involved in pathogenesis of a model plant pathogenic fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. M. oryzae is a causal agent of rice blast disease, which destroys 10 to 30% of the rice crop annually. Since the rice is the staple food for more than half of human population, the disease is a major threat to global food security. In addition to the socioeconomic impact of the disease it causes, the fungus is genetically tractable and can undergo well-defined morphological transitions including asexual spore production and appressorium (a specialized infection structure) formation in vitro, making it a model to study fungal development and pathogenicity. For functional and comparative analysis of histone modifications, a web-based database (dbHiMo) was constructed to archive and analyze histone modifying enzymes from eukaryotic species whose genome sequences are available. Histone modifying enzymes were identified applying a search pipeline built upon profile hidden Markov model (HMM) to proteomes. The database incorporates 22,169 histone-modifying enzymes identified from 342 species including 214 fungal, 33 plants, and 77 metazoan species. The dbHiMo provides users with web-based personalized data browsing and analysis tools, supporting comparative and evolutionary genomics. Based on the database entries, functional analysis of genes encoding histone acetyltransferases and histone demethylases is under way. Here I provide examples of such analyses that show how histone acetylation and methylation is implicated in regulating important aspects of fungal pathogenesis. Current analysis of histone modifying enzymes will be followed by ChIP-Seq and RNA-seq experiments to pinpoint the genes that are controlled by particular histone modifications. We anticipate that our work will provide not only the significant advances in our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms operating in microbial eukaryotes but also basis to expand our perspective on regulation of development in fungal pathogens.

• 식물병연구
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.24-28
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• 2012

Protox 유전자를 형질전환하여 protox 저해 제초제에 대한 내성이 증가한 벼를 모품종인 동진벼와 다른 벼 품종인 일품벼, 추청벼, 온누리벼와 같이 충북 청원, 경기 수원 그리고 전남 광주에 있는 형질전환 작물 격리포장에서 재배하면서 포장에서 발생하는 다양한 식물병을 조사하여 식물병원균에 대한 감수성 정도를 비교하였다. 충북 청원 포장에서는 벼 도열병, 깨씨무늬병, 잎집무늬마름병, Fusarium 마름증상 등이 발생하였다. 하지만 수원 포장에서는 깨씨무늬병이 거의 발생하지 않았고, 다른 포장에서 볼 수 없었던 이삭누룩병의 발생이 CCPO6벼와 온누리벼에서 0.28%와 0.37%의 발병수율을 보였다. 광주 포장에서는 깨씨무늬병의 발생이 다른 병보다 심하게 나타났다. 하지만 모든 포장에서 Fusarium에 의한 마름증상을 제외하고 벼 품종간에 있어서 발생량에 차이는 보이지 않았다. Fusarium에 의한 마름증상은 다른 벼 품종보다도 제초제를 처리하거나 처리하지 않은 CCPO6벼에서 높은 발병주율을 보였다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.179-182
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• 2003

A total of 187 endophytic fungi were isolated from 11 plant species, which were collected from 11 locations in Korea. Their antifungal activities were screened in vivo by antifungal bioassays after they were cultured in potato dextrose broth and rice solid media. Antifungal activity against plant pathogenic fungi such as Magnaporthe grisea(rice blast), Corticium sasaki(rice sheath blight), Botrytis cinerea(tomato gray mold), Phytophthora infestans(tomato late blight), Puccinia recondita(wheat leaf rust), and Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei(barley powdery mildew) was determined in vivo by observing the inhibition of plant disease development. Twenty(11.7%) endophytic fungi fermentation broths were able to control, by more than 90%, at least one of the six plant diseases tested. Among 187 liquid broths, the F0010 strain isolated from Abies holophylla had the most potent disease control activity; it showed control values of more than 90% against five plant diseases, except for tomato late blight. On the other hand, fourteen(7.5%) solid culture extracts exhibited potent disease control values of more than 90% against one of six plant diseases. The screening results of this study strongly suggested that metabolites of plant endophytic fungi could be good potential sources for screening programs of bioactive natural products.

• 식물병연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2003

2002년은 여러 가지로 기상이 특이한 해였다. 겨울철의 이상난동, 3-4월의 고온 및 한발, 그리고 6월, 7월초중순의 가뭄, 7월하순부터 8월한달 내내 지속된 강우, 저온, 일조부족 등 여러모로 작물환경에 불리한 환경이 조성된 해였다. 이러한 기상특성과 상관하여 금년은 일반적으로 저온, 일조부족, 다우조건을 좋아하는 병해의 발생이 많았으며 벼의 경우 세균성알마름병, 이삭누룩병의 발생이 증가한 반면 도열병 등 주요병해는 질소비료의 시용량이 감소함에 따라 발생이 감소하였다. 채소, 과수류, 서류 병해의 발생은 생육기의 기상조건에 따라 많은 편차가 있으나 다우조건과 관련이 깊은 역병 등 저온성 병해의 발생이 증가한 반면에 탄저병, 무름병 등의 발생은 뚜렷이 감소하는 경향을 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.491-495
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• 2006

Methanol extracts of fruits of 67 plants were screened for in vivo antifungal activity against Magnaporthe grisea, Corticium sasaki, Botrytis cinerea, Phytophthora infestans, Puccinia recondita, and Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. Among them, 13 plant extracts ($3,000\;{\mu}g/ml$) showed more than 90% disease-control efficacy against at least one of six plant diseases. Specifically, the extracts of Aleurites fordii, Angelica dahurica, Camellia japonica, Chamaecyparis pisifera, Pittosporum tobira, and Styrax japonica controlled more than 90% of the development of rice blast at $1,000{\mu}g/ml$. Extracts of both S. japonica and A. dahurica fruits at $333{\mu}g/ml$ concentration displayed strong antifungal activity against M. grisea on rice seedlings.

• 식물병연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2018

곰팡이 종들은 유전체내에 대략 10% 정도의 다양한 전이인자와 함께 반복적인 염기서열을 갖는다. 이러한 전이인자들의 대부분은 유전체내에서 활발히 전이되며 곰팡이 병원균의 기주 범위와도 연관성을 갖으며 분포하는 것으로 알려져있다. 화본과 작물에 병을 일으키는 도열병에 분포하는 전이인자들은 활발히 전이하는 것으로 보이며, 특정 기주에 감염하는 개체군에 특이적으로 분포하는 경우가 많았다. 다수의 연구 보고에서도열병균의 전이인자가 비병원성 유전자의 기능을 상실하는데 작용하여, 이로인해 저항성 품종에 병을 일으켰다. 따라서, 도열병균의 전이인자들은 식물-곰팡이 사이의 상호 진화를 유도하는 원동력 중 하나일 수 있다. 본 총설에서는 도열병균에 존재하는 전이인자들의 종류와 생물학적인 기능에 관해 정리하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.583-589
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• 2012

In the continued research on natural fungicides for the control of plant diseases by using plant-derived products, we found that Reynoutria elliptica. had a strong fungicidal activity against several plant pathogens. R. elliptica (3.2 kg) were extracted with 80% aq. MeOH and the concentrated extracted was partitioned with n-hexane, EtOAc, n-BuOH and $H_2O$ successively. The four layers were tested their disease control efficacies against 4 plant disease such as rise blast (RCB), tomato grey mold (TGM), tomato late blight (TLB), and barly powdery mildew (BPM). The n-hexane fraction was highly active showing over 95% control against TLB and BPM. and the EtOAc fraction was highly active showing over 95% control against RCB, TLB, and BPM. By using silica gel chromatography, MPLC, and HPLC, three compounds that were expected to have antifungal activity were isolated. Their chemical structures were elucidated as physcion, emodin, and emodie-8-O-glucoside by EI-MS and NMR spectroscopic analyses.

• 식물병연구
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.339-341
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• 2018

Amaranth has the potential for good materials related to nutrients and health benefits. There are several diseases of amaranth such as leaf blight, damping-off, and root rot. As a causal agent of soft rot disease, Pectobacterium spp. could infect various plant species. In this study, we isolated the bacterial pathogen causing soft rot of amaranth in South Korea. In Gangneung, Gangwon province during 2017, amaranth plants showed typical soft rot symptoms such as wilting, defoliation and odd smell. To isolate pathogen, the macerated tissues of contaminated amaranth were spread onto LB agar plates and purified by a single colony subculture. One ml bacterial suspension of a representative isolate was injected to the stem of five seedlings of 2-week-old amaranth with a needle. Ten mM magnesium sulfate solution was used as a negative control. 16S rDNA gene and recA gene were sequenced and compared with the reference sequences using the BLAST. In the phylogenetic tree based on 16S rDNA gene and recA gene, GSA1 strain was grouped in Pcb.