• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.368-375
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• 2008

Approximately 120 UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs), which are classified into 14 distinct groups (A to N), have been annotated in the Arabidopsis genome. UGTs catalyze the transfer of sugars to various acceptor molecules including flavonoids. Previously, UGT71C1 was shown to glycosylate the 3-OH of hydroxycinnamates and flavonoids in vitro. Such secondary metabolites are known to play important roles in plant growth and development. To help define the role of UGT71C1 in planta, we investigated its expression patterns, and isolated and characterized a loss-of-function mutation in the UGT71C1 gene (named ugt71c1-1). Our analyses by quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), microarray data mining, and histochemical detection of GUS activity driven by the UGT71C1 promoter region, revealed the tissue-specific expression patterns of UGT71C1 with highest expression in roots. Interestingly, upon treatment with methyl viologen (MV, paraquat), ugt71c1-1 plants displayed enhanced resistance to oxidative stress, and ROS scavenging activity was higher than normal. Metabolite profiling revealed that the levels of two major glycosides of quercetin and kaempferol were reduced in ugt71c1-1 plants. In addition, when exposed to MV-induced oxidative stress, eight representative ROS response genes were expressed at lower levels in ugt71c1-1 plants, indicating that ugt71c1-1 probably has higher non-enzymatic antioxidant activity. Taken together, our results indicate that ugt71c1-1 has increased resistance to oxidative stress, suggesting that UGT71C1 plays a role in some glycosylation pathways affecting secondary metabolites such as flavonoids in response to oxidative stress.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2007

In order to screen the aging related proteins in human normal colon epithelia, the comparative proteomics analysis was applied to get the two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) profiles with high resolution and reproducibility from normal colon epithelial tissues of young and aged people. Differential proteins between the colon epithelia of two age groups were found with PDQuest software. The thirty five differential protein-spots were identified by peptide mass fingerprint (PMF) based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) and database searching. Among them there are sixteen proteins which are significantly up-regulated in the colonic mucosal epithelia of young people group, which include ATP synthase beta chain, electron transfer flavoprotein alpha-subunit, catalase, glutathione peroxidase 1, annexin A2 and heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein, etc.; There are nineteen proteins which are significantly up-regulated in the colonic mucosal epithelia of aged people group, which include far upstream element-binding protein 1, nucleoside diphosphate kinase B, protein disulfide-isomerase precursor and VDAC-2, etc.. The identified differential proteins appear to be involved in metabolism, energy generation, chaperone, antioxidation, signal transduction, protein folding and apoptosis. The data will help to understand the molecular mechanisms of human colon epithelial aging.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.399-405
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• 2013

Two series of new green phosphorescent polymers bearing a bis(2-phenyl-pyridine)iridium(III)(dibenzoylmethane) [$(ppy)_2Irdbm$] complex were designed and synthesized. Poly-carbazole (PCbz) derivative or polyfluorene with pendant carbazole groups (PFCbz) were employed as host polymers for the iridium complex. The iridium complex monomer was copolymerized with the host monomers using varying monomer ratios via a Yamamoto coupling reaction. Efficient energy transfer from host to dopant unit was observed by increasing the ratio of the iridium guest in the copolymers. Electroluminescent devices with the configuration ITO/PEDOT:PSS/polymer/BmPyPB/LiF/Al were fabricated and characterized. The phosphorescent polymers composed of the iridium complex guest and polyfluorene with carbazole pendants as a host performed better than the polymers composed of the same guest and the main chain polycarbazole host. A maximum external quantum efficiency of 0.73%, a luminous efficiency of 1.21 cd/A, and a maximum luminance of 372 $cd/m^2$ were obtained from a device fabricated using one of the synthesized copolymers.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.497-502
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• 2004

Poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) 수용액에 대한 3 MHz의 초음파 음속측정과 0.2-2.2 MHz의 범위에 대한 흡수계수를 측정하였다. 음속은 펄스법을 사용하여 농도 5-25 wt%, 온도 10-90 ℃에 대하여 측정한 결과, 농도 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 wt%에 대한음속의 최대치 온도는 각각 55, 59, 63, 67, 71 ℃이였다. 흡수계수측정은 광 회절 초음파공명법을 사용하여 농도 5-25 wt%, 20 ℃에서 행하였다. 그 결과, 200 kHz부근에서 고분자 chain의 부분운동에 의한 완화현상을, 1 MHz 부근에서는 술폰기 (SO₃)의 proton의 전이에 의한 완화현상을 각각 관측하였다. 흡수계수와 점성은 농도와 함께 증가하였으나 온도증가에 대해서는 감소하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.539-546
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• 2013

열응답성 고분자인 폴리(N-이소프로필아크릴아미드) (PNIPAAm) 말단에 아민기를 갖는 PNIPAAm-$NH_2$ 및 이들 알긴산 나트륨에 그래프팅시킨 공중합체를 합성하고 이들의 여러 가지 특성들을 분석하였다. PNIPAAm-$NH_2$를 합성하기 위하여 N-이소프로필아크릴아미드를 라디칼 중합할 때 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride (AESH)를 연쇄이동제로 사용하였다. AESH 농도를 높이면 PNIPAAm-NH2의 분자량이 작아지며 PNIPAAm-$NH_2$ 수용액의 하한임계용액온도(LCST)가 낮아졌다. N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N'-ethylcarbodiimide 및 N-hydroxysuccinimide를 사용하여 PNIPAAm-$NH_2$를 graft-onto 방법으로 알긴산 나트륨에 그래프팅시킨 alginate-g-PNIPAAm 공중합체 역시 온도에 따라 팽윤-수축 거동을 하였으며, PNIPAAm-$NH_2$보다 약간 높은 온도에서 LCST를 나타내었고, 그래프트된 PNIPAAm의 양이 많아질수록 팽윤비가 커졌다.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2019

MANET은 무선을 이용한 이동 노드들로만 구성되어 있기 때문에 많은 보안 취약점이 존재한다. 특히 네트워크에 참여하는 노드들에 대한 정확한 신뢰도 측정 및 인증을 통해서 악의적인 노드들의 참여를 배제하는 것은 네트워크 성능을 좌우하는 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 논문에서는 네트워크에 참여하는 노드들에 대한 인증 정보의 위변조를 차단하기 위하여 블록체인 기술을 적용한 기법을 제안하였다. 노드들에 대한 인증의 효율성을 높이고 블록 생성 및 교환 프로토콜의 최적 기법을 적용하기 위하여 영역기반 계층 구조를 적용하였다. 또한 블록에 노드들에 대한 인증 정보를 추가하기 위하여 4개의 데이터 payload를 블록 헤더에 추가하였다. 이동 노드들 간의 hop-by-hop 데이터 전달 방식에 블록체인 기법을 적용해 신뢰성을 높이기 위하여 트랜잭션 생성, 블록 패키징, 검증 과정을 거치는 블록체인 교환 프로토콜을 구현하였다. 이러한 과정을 통해 노드들에 대한 인증 정보의 신뢰성을 높일 수 있게 되었다. 제안한 기법의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 기존의 기법들과 비교 실험하였으며, 실험 결과를 통해 우수한 성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2004

Living nature of photoinduced cationic polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether (IBVE) in the presence of various combinations of diphenyliodonium halide (DPIX), a photocationic initiator and zinc halide $(ZnX_2)$ in methylene chloride has been investigated. Attainment of $100\%$ conversion and a linear relationship between $\%$conversion and number average molar mass of the resulting polymer, strongly suggests the living nature of this system. Livingness of the polymerization system was observed irrespective to the type of halide anion of the initiator and zinc salts unless the reaction temperature is not higher than $-30^{\circ}C$. The rate of polymerization decreases in the order of iodide > bromide > chloride when halide salt of DPIX and $ZnX_2$ are used. It is postulated that the cationic initiation is started by the insertion of weakly basic monomer in to the activated C-X terminal of the monomer adduct which is a reaction product of monomer and HX, a photolytic product of DPIX, formed in situ during the photo-irradiation process. It was concluded that polymerization is initiated by the insertion of weakly basic monomer into activated C- X terminal of monomer adduct due to the pulling action of$ZnX_2$, which successively producing a new polarized C-X terminal for the propagation in cationic nature. This led us to a conclusion that the living nature of this cationic polymerization is ascribable to the polarized C-X growing terminal, which is stable enough to depress the processes of chain transfer or termination process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.16
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• pp.533-538
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• 2003

It has been shown that ion implantation produces remarkable improvements in surface-sensitive physical and chemical properties as well as other mechanical properties, in polymers. In this study, ion implantation was performed onto polymer, PC(polycarbonate), in order to investigate surface hydrophilic property through contact angle measurement using distilled water. PC was irradiated with N, Ar, Xe ions at the irradiation energy of $20\;{\sim}\;50keV$ and the dose range of $5{\times}10^{15},\;1{\times}10^{16},\;7{\times}10^{16}\;ions/cm^2$. The contact angle of water has been reduced with increasing fluence and ion mass but increased with increasing implanted energy. The changes of chemical and structural property are discussed in view of infrared spectroscopy and FT-IR, XPS, which shows increasing C-O bonding and C-C bonding. The root mean square of surface roughness examined by means of AFM changed smoothly from 0.387nm to 0.207nm and the change of wettability was discussed with respect to elastic and inelastic collisions obtained as results of TRIM simulation. It was found that wettability of the modified PC surface was affected on change of functional group and nuclear stopping or linear energy transfer(LET, energy deposited per unit track length per ion) that causes chain scission by displacing atom from polymer chains, but was not greatly dependant on surface morphology.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2013

Due to the fact that possible risk associated with soil-crop-food chain transfer, metal contamination in croplands has become a major topic of wide concern. Accumulation of toxic metals in edible parts of crops grown in contaminated soils has been reported from number of crops including rice, soybean, wheat, maize, and vegetables. Therefore, in order to ensure food safety, measures are needed to be taken in mitigating metal pollution and subsequent uptake by crop plants. Present paper critically reviewed some of the cost effective remediation techniques used in minimizing metal uptake by crops grown in contaminated soils. Liming with different materials such as limestone ($CaCO_3$), burnt lime (CaO), slaked lime [$Ca(OH)_2$], dolomite [$CaMg(CO_3)_2$], and slag ($CaSiO_3$) has been widely used because they could elevate soil pH rendering metals less-bioavailable for plant uptake. Zn fertilization, use of organic amendments, crop rotation and water management are among the other techniques successfully employed in reducing metal uptake by crop plants. However, irrespectively the mitigating measure used, heterogeneous accumulation of metals in different crop species is often reported. The inconsistency might be attributed to the genetic makeup of the crops for selective uptake, their morphological characteristics, position of edible parts on the plants in respect of their distance from roots, crop management practices, the season and to the soil characteristics. However, a sound conclusion in this regard can only be made when more scientific evidence is available on case-specific researches, in particular from long-term field trials which included risks and benefits analysis also for various remediation practices.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.224-231
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• 2003

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of resveratrol on the oxidative stress-induced inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication in HaCaT keratinocytes. Anti-oxidative activity of resveratrol was measured by $\alpha,\alpha$-diphenyl-$\beta$-picrylhydrazyl assay and dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate oxidation assay. Gap junctional intercellular communication in HaCaT keratinocytes was assessed using the scrape loading/dye transfer technique. Western blots and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction were also analyzed for connexin 43 protein and mRNA expression, respectively. Resveratrol scavenged directly the stable $\alpha,\alpha$-diphenyl-$\beta$-picrylhydrazyl radical over a concentration range of 4 mg/ml ($78.2{\pm}2.7$% of control) to 500 mg/ml ($29.9{\pm}4.2$% of control) and decreased the intracellular reactive oxygen species induced by ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation ($89.3{\pm}1.1$% of UVA group), ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation ($70.9{\pm}1.7$% of UVB group) and 12-0-tet-radecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA, $48.3{\pm}1.1$% of TPA group), respectively. UVA irradiation and TPA markedly reduced gap junctional intercellular communication, which was restored by resveratrol. There were no significant differences in the level of connexin 43 protein and mRNA expression among any of the experimental groups. Our data suggests that resveratrol has the protective effect on the oxidative stress-induced inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication in HaCaT keratinocytes, and this protection is likely due to the scavenging of reactive oxygen species.