• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2011

This study describes the effect of myo-inositol on sustained cell division and plant regeneration from cotyledon-derived protoplast of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata). Freshly isolated protoplasts were cultured in modified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium removed ammonia ions and containing $0.4\;mg\;l^{-1}$ thiamine HCl, $100\;mg\;l^{-1}$ myo-inositol, $2\;mgl^{-1}$ 2,4-D, $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ BA, $30\;gl^{-1}$ sucrose and several concentrations of myo-inositol (2, 4, 6, 8, 10% (w/v)) as an osmotic stabilizer. After 3 weeks of culture in the dark at $25^{\circ}C$, the plating efficiency of cabbage protoplasts reached to $22.5{\pm}2.9%$ when cultured in modified MS medium supplemented with $2\;mgl^{-1}$ 2,4-D, $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ BA, $30\;gl^{-1}$ sucrose and 8% (w/v) of myo-inositol at a density of $2{\times}10^5$ protoplasts/ml. Rapidly growing cell colonies after 3 weeks of culture were transferred to the same culture medium removed osmoticum. To induce shoot regeneration from calluses, calluses with about 2 mm in diameter were transferred to the MS medium containing $2\;mgl^{-1}$ BA and $0.5\;mgl^{-1}$ NAA. After further three weeks of incubation onto the medium in the light, green shoots were formed on the surface of calluses at a frequency of 30%. Upon transfer to half-strength MS basal medium, roots were formed onto the bottom of regenerated shoots without auxin treatments. These regenerated plantlets were successfully acclimatized to soil transfer, grown to normal mature plants. The cabbage protoplast culture system established in this study could be applied for production of somatic hybrids or cybrids by asymmetric protoplast fusion and mass proliferation of elite somatic clones of cabbage.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.828-834
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• 2023

쌍별귀뚜라미(Gryllus bimaculatus)에서 분리한 막전단백질 258(transmembrane protein 258, Tmem258)을 코딩하는 cDNA를 GbTmem258로 이름 붙였다. 이 단백질은 80개의 아미노산으로 구성되어 있으며, N-glycosylation site가 없고, 각각 2개의 serine과 threonine, 1개의 tyrosine 잔기로 구성된 5개의 잠재적 인산화 부위를 가지고있다. GbTmem258 단백질은 분자량은 9.06 kDa이며 이론적 등전점은 5.5으로 계산되었으며, alpha-helix (52.5%), random coils (22.5%), extended strands (16.25%), beta turns (8.75%)의 2차 구조 정보를 기반으로 GbTmem258의 3차 구조가 작성되었다. 그리고, GbTmem258은 다른 종의 Tmem258와 아미노산 수준에서 높은 상동성을 보였다. 이 연구에서는 기아와 먹이 공급에 의해 GbTmem258 발현 조절이 어떻게 영향을 받는지 조사하였다. 기아가 지속되는 동안 hindgut에서 GbTmem258 발현이 점진적으로 증가하여 기아 6일 후 대조군보다 1.5배 높은 수준이 되었다. 그러나 6일간의 기아상태가 끝난 후 하루 또는 이틀 동안 다시 먹이를 주면 GbTmem258 발현이 대조군 수준으로 회복되었다. 지방에서는 기아 동안 대조군에 비해서 GbTmem258 발현이 최대 3배까지 증가했지만, 6일 기아 후 하루 또는 이틀 동안 다시 먹인 후에는 발현이 약 2.5배 증가로 감소되었다. 굶기고 다시 먹이는 실험 내내 각각의 조직에서 주목할만한 GbTmem258 발현은 관찰되지 않았다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1075-1083
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• 2014

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cutting types on microclimate and growth characteristics of afforested tree in Quercus acutissima stand after different types of cutting. The difference in temperature reaching $5.2^{\circ}C$ was shown in between clear cutting and selective cutting treatments. On July and August days with temperatures more than $35^{\circ}C$ often appeared in clear cutting stand. The values of VPD in July and August were higher than those in other months. Maximum VPD of 3.99 kPa was shown in clear cutting stand on May 23 as a prolonged rainless days appeared. However, VPD in selective cutting stand always stayed under 3.0 kPa throughout growing season. A higher intensity was shown in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands, reaching to more than $1,600{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$ at midday on early August, while that in selective cutting stand stayed about 1,500. In relative growth rate selective cutting stand showed a significantly higher relative growth rate in plant height than those in other cutting stands (p<0.05). The number of leaf in current-year branches significantly increased in selective cutting stand, whereas no increase was shown in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands (p<0.05). In addition, relative elongation rate of current year branch also showed higher values in selective cutting stand compared with that in strip clear cutting stand (p<0.05). However, leaf mass per unit area (LMA) was higher in order of strip clear cutting, clear cutting, and selective cutting stands. From these results it is concluded that environmental conditions in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands during growing season are more stressful to afforested tree species, resulting in lower relative growth in plant height, elongation of current-year branches, and leaf number per branch compared with those in selective cutting stand. Consequently, more data must be accumulated in the field to find out best cutting type in plantation considering the adaptational characteristic of each tree species varies with species and life span of tree is long.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.200-205
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• 2015

경상북도 성주군의 농경지에서 자생하는 들깨를 채집하여 이로부터 형태학적으로 상이한 15개의 내생진균을 순수 분리하였다. 이들의 배양여과액을 이용하여 난장이벼의 유묘에 처리하여 식물생장촉진 활성을 조사한 결과, 이들 중 Y2H001균주가 식물생장활성이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. Y2H001균주의 ITS영역 염기서열과 ${\beta}$-tubulin 유전자 염기서열을 사용하여 계통학적 유연관계를 확인하였으며, 이러한 분자계통학적 분석 및 형태학적 관찰을 통해 Aspergillus flavus로 동정되었다. 또한 A. flavus Y2H001균주의 배양여과액을 GC/MS를 통하여 분석하였고 식물생장을 촉진하는 원인물질로 $GA_3$ (1.954 ng/mL)를 생산하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.903-911
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• 2011

B. polyfermenticus CJ6가 생산하는 항세균 활성 물질의 특성을 규명하고 정제하였다. 생육에 따른 항세균 활성은 배양 4시간부터 나타내어 정지기인 배양 8시간에 최대 활성(102,400 AU/mL)을 나타내고 이후 급격히 활성이 감소되었다. B. polyfermenticus CJ6의 항세균 활성 물질은 $37^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 처리 시 활성의 50% 저하되고 $70^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 처리시 활성이 완전히 소실되어 열에 불안정하였으며, pH 3.0~9.0 구간에서 안정한 활성을 나타내었다. B. polyfermenticus CJ6의 항세균 활성 물질은 protease, ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin을 처리 시 역가가 크게 감소하였으며 proteinase K의 단백분해 효소에 역가를 완전히 상실하여 단백질성 물질임을 추정하였다. B. polyfermenticus CJ6는 E. coli O157:H7, S. aureus, S. Typhi, L. monocytogenes의 식중독 세균과의 각각 공동 배양에서 배양 3~6시간 이내에 식중독 세균의 생육을 완전히 저해하는 것으로 나타났다. B. polyfermenticus CJ6가 생산하는 항세균 활성 물질은 SPE, recycling preparative HPLC, analytical HPLC을 이용한 4단계의 정제과정을 통하여 최종 항세균 활성을 나타내는 3개의 분획을 분리하였다. 정제된 물질의 분자량을 결정하기 위하여 UPLC를 이용한 ESI-MS/MS를 시행한 결과 3개의 분획에서 분자량이 다른 5개의 peptide(757.4153 Da, 750.3444 Da, 1024.5282 Da, 1123.6083 Da, 1617.8170 Da)를 확인하였으며 이는 기존에 보고된 bacteriocin 분자와는 다른 분자량을 지니는 것으로 나타났다. B. polyfermenticus CJ6와 식중독 세균과의 공동 배양 실험에서 B. polyfermenticus CJ6는 식중독 세균에 대하여 매우 강력한 항세균 활성을 나타내며 그 원인물질이 되는 새로운 항 미생물 peptides 물질은 천연식품 보존제 및 사료 보존제뿐만 아니라 정장용 제재, 식중독 예방 및 치료용 생균제재 등으로도 활용이 기대되며, 이를 위하여 분리된 5개의 peptide의 정확한 구조 및 특성 규명 등의 연구가 앞으로 필요할 것이다.

• 환경생물
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2014

우리나라는 겨울철에 미세조류가 성장하기에 적합하지 않은 기후조건을 가진다. 따라서, 차세대 바이오매스의 공급원료로서의 미세조류 배양을 겨울철에 이룩하기는 쉽지 않다. 본 연구에서는 적은 에너지를 이용하여 미세조류가 성장이 불가한 영외환경에서 미세조류를 성장시키기 위해서, 삼중막의 비닐하우스를 설치하였다. 또한 투명한 아크릴 재질로 수조를 제작하여 빛을 수조의 모든 면에서 받을 수 있게 함으로써, 빛의 이용성을 최대화하였다. 6가지의 다양한 실험조건을 설정하여 겨울철 영하의 기후조건에서 최소한의 비용으로 하수종말처리장 폐수를 사용하여 미세조류를 배양하였다. 또한 미세조류 바이오매스를 증가시킴과 동시에 환경오염의 원인이 될 수 있는 영양염류 성분 중 질소를 최대 92%, 인을 최대 99%까지 제거시켰다. 본 연구에서 바이오디젤의 원료가 될 수 있는 가장 주된 지방산은 리놀렌산(C18 : 3n3)으로 총 지질량의 최대 61%까지 차지했다. 지방산의 생산성은 2.4 g $m^{-2}day^{-1}$이었다. 결론적으로, 본 연구를 통하여 차세대 바이오매스 생산을 위한 미세조류 배양을 저온 시기에서도 이룩하였으며, 그에 따른 폐수처리에서도 좋은 성과를 이루었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2018

In this paper, the creep behavior of bolted rock was analyzed by using the unconfined creep tests and the numerical results. Based on the test results, the Bolted Burgers creep model (B-B model) was proposed to clarify the creep mechanism of rock mass due to rock bolts. As to the simulation of the creep behaviour of bolted rock, a new user-defined incremental iterative format of the B-B model was established and the open-source $FLAC^{3D}$ code was written by using the object-oriented language (C++). To check the reliability of the present B-B creep constitutive model program, a numerical model of a tunnel with buried depth of 1000 m was established to analyze the creep response of the tunnel with the B-B model support, the non-support and the bolt element support. The simulation results show that the present B-B model is consistent with the calculated results of the inherent bolt element in $FLAC^{3D}$, and the convergence deformation can be more effectively controlled when the proposed B-B model is used in the $FLAC^{3D}$ software. The big advantage of the present B-B creep model secondarily developed in the $FLAC^{3D}$ software is the high computational efficiency.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2013

Quantities as well as distributions of adipose tissue (AT) are significantly related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and can be altered with caloric restriction. This study investigated which cross-sectional slice location of AT is most strongly correlated with changes in CVD risk factors after caloric restriction in obese Korean women. Thirty-three obese pre-menopausal Korean women ($32.4{\pm}8.5$ yrs, BMI $27.1{\pm}2.3\;kg/m^2$) participated in a 12 weeks caloric restriction program. Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were measured using computed tomography (CT) scans at the sites of L2-L3, L3-L4, and L4-L5. Fasting serum levels of glucose, insulin, triglyceride, total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), leptin and homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) were observed. Pearson's partial correlation coefficients were used to assess the relationship between AT measurement sites and changes in CVD risk factors after calorie restriction. When calories were reduced by 350 kcal/day for 12 weeks, body weight (-2.7%), body fat mass (-8.2%), and waist circumference (-5.8%) all decreased (P < 0.05). In addition, following caloric restriction, serum levels of glucose (-4.6%), TC (-6.2%), LDL-C (-5.3%), leptin (-17.6%) and HOMA-IR (-18.2%) decreased significantly (P < 0.05) as well. Changes in VAT at the level of L3-L4 were significantly greater than those at other abdominal sites, and these changes were correlated with changes in TC (P < 0.05), LDL-C (P < 0.001), SBP (P < 0.001) and HOMA-IR (P < 0.01). These results show that VAT at L3-L4 had a stronger correlation with CVD risk factors than with other AT measurement sites after caloric restriction.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권spc8호
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• pp.3081-3089
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• 2011

A series of new bis-thienylanthracene derivatives D1~D5 containing 9,10-antharcene moiety in the center and 2-methylenemalonotitrile or 2-cyanoacrylic acid functional group on the terminal thiophenes were synthesized and characterized by $^1H$-NMR and high-resolution mass spectroscopy. Their optical, electrochemical, and thermal properties were measured. They have absorption ${\lambda}_{max}$ in the range of 437~480 nm and max of $7.4{\times}10^3{\sim}2.0{\times}10^4M^{-1}cm^{-1}$. The substitution of 2-cyanoacrylic acid group allows greater value of ${\varepsilon}_{max}$ than that of 2-methylenemalonotitrile. TGA curves showed that D4 and D5 which have 2-cyanoacrylic acid functional group on the terminal thiophene(s) exhibit good thermal stability and D4 was thermally stable up to $400^{\circ}C$. Their optical properties and LUMO energy levels measured suggest that they can serve as potential candidates for electron donor materials of organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) or D4 and D5 which contain 2-cyanoacrylic acid group can be used as organic dyes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.3576-3582
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• 2014

Zeolite-templated carbons (ZTCs), which have high specific surface area, were prepared by a conventional templating method using microporous zeolite-Y for catalyst supports in direct methanol fuel cells. The ZTCs were synthesized at different temperatures to investigate the characteristics of the surface produced and their electrochemical properties. Thereafter, Pt-Ru was deposited at different carbonization temperatures by a chemical reduction method. The crystalline and structural features were investigated using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The textural properties of the ZTCs were investigated by analyzing $N_2$/77 K adsorption isotherms using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller equation, while the micro- and meso-pore size distributions were analyzed using the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda and Harvarth-Kawazoe methods, respectively. The surface morphology was characterized using transmission electron microscopy and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. The electrochemical properties of the Pt-Ru/ZTCs catalysts were also analyzed by cyclic voltammetry measurements. From the results, the ZTCs carbonized at $900^{\circ}C$ show the highest specific surface areas. In addition, ZTC900-PR led to uniform dispersion of Pt-Ru on the ZTCs, which enhanced the electro-catalytic activity of the Pt-Ru catalysts. The particle size of ZTC900-PR catalyst is about 3.4 nm, also peak current density from the CV plot is $12.5mA/cm^2$. Therefore, electro-catalytic activity of the ZTC900-PR catalyst is higher than those of ZTC1000-PR catalyst.