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Genetic Analysis of absR, a new abs locus of Streptomyces coelicolor

  • Park, Uhn-Mee;Suh, Joo-Won;Hong, Soon-Kwang
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.169-175
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    • 2000
  • The filamentous soil bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor is known to produce four distinct antibiotics. The simultaneous global regulation for the biosynthesis of those four antibiotics was previously confirmed by absA and absB mutations that blocked all four antibiotics' biosynthesis without influencing their morphological differentiation. To study the complex regulatory cascade that controls the secondary metabolism in Streptomyces, a new abs-like mutation was characterized. namely absR, which is slightly leaky on a complete R2YE medium, yet tight on a minimal medium. A genetic analysis of the absR locus indicated that it is located at 10 o'clock on the genetic map, near the site of absA. A cloned copy of the absA gene that encoded bacterial two-component regulatory kinases did not restore antibiotic biosyntheis to the absR mutant. Accordingly, it is proposed that absR is another abs-type mutation which is less tight than the previously identified absA or absB mutations income medium conditions, and can be used to characterize another global regulatory gene for secondary metabolete formation in S. coelicolor.

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Glioblastoma Cellular Origin and the Firework Pattern of Cancer Genesis from the Subventricular Zone

  • Yoon, Seon-Jin;Park, Junseong;Jang, Dong-Su;Kim, Hyun Jung;Lee, Joo Ho;Jo, Euna;Choi, Ran Joo;Shim, Jin-Kyung;Moon, Ju Hyung;Kim, Eui-Hyun;Chang, Jong Hee;Lee, Jeong Ho;Kang, Seok-Gu
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.26-33
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    • 2020
  • Glioblastoma (GBM) is a disease without any definite cure. Numerous approaches have been tested in efforts to conquer this brain disease, but patients invariably experience recurrence or develop resistance to treatment. New surgical tools, carefully chosen samples, and experimental methods are enabling discoveries at single-cell resolution. The present article reviews the cell-of-origin of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype GBM, beginning with the historical background for focusing on cellular origin and introducing the cancer genesis patterned on firework. The authors also review mutations associated with the senescence process in cells of the subventricular zone (SVZ), and biological validation of somatic mutations in a mouse SVZ model. Understanding GBM would facilitate research on the origin of other cancers and may catalyze the development of new management approaches or treatments against IDH-wildtype GBM.