• 한국연초학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.152-160
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• 1993

Using a flue- cured tobacco variety, KF 109, effect of growth regulators(fatty alcohol and C- MH) on the change of protein, DNA, and RNA were investigated. Generally, inhibition of DNA synthesis was observed soon after become notably reduced when checked on 14 days after the treatment. Fatty alcohol treatment appeared to alleviate the inhibition of DNA synthesis caused by the C - MH treatment. It was also observed that in the tips DNA content increased slightly at the early stage after the C - MH treatment but evident reduction of it was resulted from 7th day after the treatment. RNA content in cutters and tips was increased initially but variable transcription inhibitory activities - not so obvious as was observed in DNA synthesis - according to leaf positions were shown thereafter. Ripening of leaves probably due to senescence was advanced by the treatment of the growth regulators. DNA content in root was relatively higher in plants treated with the growth regulators while it was clearly decreased in stalk, However, RNA contents in tissue of stalk and root was not different with that of foliage. Increase of protein content in foliage as well as in stalk was evident 14 days after dual treatment of fatty alcohol and C - MH.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2001

본 연구는 random primer를 이용하여 PCR을 수행하기 위한 딸기 DNA증폭의 최적조건을 구명하여 조직배양된 딸기 배양묘와 모본과의 유전적인 동일성의 여부 및 품종을 판별할 수 있는 marker를 개발하기 위하여 수행하였다. 추출한 딸기 커(\ulcorner)잣 DNA를 proteinase-K나 RNase-H를 처리하였을때 깨끗하고 순수한 DNA band를 확인할 수 있었으며, 50ng의 template DNA, 10pmol의 primer, 37oC annealing 온도로 45 cycle로서 PCR을 행하는 것이 가장 효율적이었다. 상기 실험결과로서 PCR적정조건을 확립한 후, UBC primer를 대상으로 딸기 여봉 DNA에서 PCR를 수행하여 RAPD의 양상을 조사한 결과 총 90개의 primer 중에서 딸기 genomic DNA에서 PCR product를 형성한 것은 46개였으며, 총 형성된 band의 수는 158개로 나타났다. Band를 형성한 primer와 band를 형성하지 않은 primer간의 GC content를 비교하면 band를 형성한 primer의 경우 GC content는 평균 67.4%이었다. 그러나 band를 형성하지 못한 primer의 경우에는GC함량이 평균58%이었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2004

본 연구는 남해안에서 발생되는 유해성 C. polykrikoides 조기적조를 예측하기 위한 기법으로 DAPI로 염색시킨 DNA와 단백질 함량변화를 단기간으로 조사했다. 조사기간 중의 환경요인, 영양염 (질산, 아질산, 인산염) 농도는 조사지점이나 시기에 관계없이 거의 비슷하게 보였다. 그러나 C. polykrikoides 밀도는 조사지점에 따라 현저하게 다르게 나타났다. 2000년 8월 초순의 경우 C2, C5, C6에서 리터 당34, 62, 57세포를 각각 출현했으며, 8월 중순에는 C3에서 최고 547 세포가 보였다. C. polykrikoides 출현밀도와 DNA 및 단백질 함량과는 양성적인 상관관계를 보였다. 특히 C. polykrikoides 세포밀도가 아주 낮을 경우에 높은 상관값을 나타내었다. 따라서 DNA 및 단백질 함량변화 기법은 C. polykrikoides 조기적조를 쉽게 예측 할 수 있는 중요한 도구도 이용될 수 있다.

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2012

북방전복, Haliotis discus hannai의 3배체를 제온자극으로 유도하고 부화유생인 trochophore를 이용하여 염색체 표본을 만들었고, 유도된 3배체와 정상 2배체 북방전복은 실내 유수식의 동일 환경에서 51개월 동안 사육되었으며 채취된 혈구를 채취하여 DNA 함량 측정에 사용되었다. 2배체 및 유도된 3배체의 염색체 수를 조사한 결과, 2배체 염색체 수는 2n = 36으로 나타났고, 3배체의 경우에는 3n = 54로 나타나 3배체는 2배체에 비해 1.5배의 염색체 수를 나타내었다. Flow cytometry로 인간의 백혈구를 control로 하여 북방전복의 DNA 함량을 측정한 결과, 북방전복의 DNA 함량은 1.743 pg/cell이었으며 3배체 북방전복의 DNA함량은 2배체 전복의 1.49배의 DNA 함량을 나타내어 3배체 특성인 모계 2n DNA 함량과 부계 n DNA함량을 나타내었다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2009

Melamine, which is used to produce melamine resin for various industrial applications, has a high nitrogen content by mass. For this reason, it has been illegally added to foods to increase their apparent protein content. In the present investigation, melamine-induced oxidative damage of human lymphocyte DNA was evaluated by Comet assay. The in vitro oxidative DNA damage caused by melamine increased in a dose-dependent manner. This DNA damage was significantly inhibited by treatment with ascorbate. Moreover, the traditional Korean medicinal herb, named Acanthopanax, red ginseng and green tea markedly reduced the DNA damage. Various edible plant extracts also inhibited melamine-induced oxidative DNA damage in vitro. Melamine enhanced intracellular ROS generation, and this effect was suppressed by treatment with various antioxidants.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.526-532
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• 1999

The aim of this study was to observe whether the dietary supplementation of docosahexaenoic acid(DHA). In growing rats requires extra supplementation of arachidonic acid(AA) for brain development. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups, each fed a different diet. In the FO group, dams were fed a DHA-rich FO diet during pregnancy and lactation and pups were fed the same diet until 10 weeks old. In the AO group dams and pups were similarly fed a FO diet after weaning. DHA and AA were most effetively deposited in the developing brain during pregnancy and lactation in rats. However, FO-W pups showed significantly lower level of DHA at 0-3 weeks compared with the FO and AO groups and than slowly increased DHA levels to about 87% of other groups at 10 weeks with the introduction of the FO diet after weaning. The total amount of DNA in whole brain rapidly reached a maximum level at 3 weeks and then was sustained at a constant level after 5 weeks of age. The DNA content was positively correlated with DHA level but not with AA level in the developing brain. DNA content was significantly lower in the FO-W group compared to the FO and AO group at 3 weeks of age. However, the DNA content of brain in FO-W pups increased to 80% of the FO group level at 10 weeks after feeding the FO diet after weaning. The relative percentage of AA in brain lipids was significantly reduced in the early stage of brain development when only DHA was supplemented. However, DHA supplementation had no significant effect on the incorporation of AA when the approximately 35% of LA in the FO diet was substituted by preformed AA. These results suggest that large quantities of DHA could interfere with the normal conversion of LA to AA if LA is not supplemented enough together with DHA. Therefore, high DHA supplementation may require preformed AA in the diet even though AA has no significant correlation with the DNA content in brain. DHA supplementation after weaning also improved the incorporation of DHA into brain and content of DNA even though brain development was almost completed, suggesting that a low level of DHA supplementation without AA addition might be necessary to improve brain development during infancy as well as during pregnancy and lactation.

• ALGAE
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2004

Nuclear DNA contents of spermatia from eight ceramiacean and four dasyacean algae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) and microspores from two land plants were estimated by fluorescence microscopic image processing and their nuclear SSU rDNA sequence data were analyzed. In frequency distribution patterns, the DAPI-stained nuclear volume (NV) of spermatia showed two peaks corresponding to 1C and 2C. Nuclear 2C DNA contents estimated from NV were 0.45-2.31 pg in ceramiacean and 0.40-0.57 pg in dasyacean algae and 8.42-9.51 pg in two land plants, Capsicum annuum and Nicotiana tabacum. By nuclear patterning of vegetative cells derived from an apical cell, 2C DNA contents of spermatia were 2.31 pg in an alga having uninucleate and non-polyploid nucleus (Aglaothamnion callophyllidicola), 0.45-1.94 pg in algae having uninucleate and polyploid nucleus (Antithamnion spp. and Pterothamnion yezoense), and 0.40-0.62 pg in algae having multinucleate and non-polyploid nuclei (Griffithsia japonica and dasyacean algae). Each mature spermatium and microspore (pollen grain) seemed to have a 2C nucleus, which may provide a genetic buffering system to protect the genetic content of a spermatium and microspore from potentially lethal mutations. Nuclear DNA content and SSU rDNA sequence of Antithamnion sparsum from Korea were reasonably different from those of Antithamnion densum from France. The data did not support the previous taxonomic studies that these two taxa could be conspecific.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.411-416
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• 2011

We investigated the nutritional status of the melania snail (Semisulcospira gottschei) using RNA/DNA ratios to evaluate the effect of feeding conditions (artificial versus natural) on the reaction times of the snails in a time course following starvation. In the short experiments (48 h), the RNA/DNA ratios of the artificial feeding groups were significantly higher than those of the natural groups. While two RNA/DNA ratio peaks were observed in the artificial food group during daytime, the natural food group showed a higher ratio at night. Under starvation conditions, the RNA content decreased whereas the DNA content was constant. The RNA/DNA ratios of the freshwater snail in both groups dramatically decreased after starvation and remained constant until the end of the experiment. We verified that the RNA/DNA ratio serves as an index of nutritional condition with respect to the effect of dietary differences. These results are important for understanding optimized aquaculture rearing conditions for this important commercial freshwater snail.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2003

감자 polyphenol oxidase의 구리결합지역 DNA와 histidine 다량 함유 인공 펩타이드를 암호화하는 DNA를 대장균 벡터에 각각 클로닝하여 발현시킨 후 대장균 내의 구리함량 증감을 조사하였다. Polyphenol oxidase의 구리결합지역 DNA를 포함하는 PPOCBpET32 벡터를 함유하는 균주의 경우는 벡터를 함유하지 않는 대장균 대조구보다 오히려 구리 함량이 약간 감소하여 약 600ppm의 간을 보여주어, 감자 polyphenol oxidase 구리결합지역의 대장균 내에서의 발현이 구리 함량 증가에 기여하지 못함을 알 수 있었다. 반면에 한 개의 hexahistidine 단위 DNA를 포함하는 pET28a 벡터 함유 대장균 균주를 knamycin 미첨가 배지에서 배양한 경우에는 구리 함량이 약 2,500ppm으로 높게 나타났다. 한편 hexahistidine 9개로 구성된 polyhistidine을 암호화하는 DNA를 포함하는 pET-his 벡터 함유 균주를 kanamycin 미첨가 배지에서 배양한 경우에 구리함량이 약 3,200ppm으로 나타나, 하나의 hexahistidine 단위만 발현하는 균주와 비교하여 구리함량이 약 30% 증가됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2002

일본뇌염바이러스(Japanese encephalitis virus, JEV)의 구조단백질 capsid (C), precursor membrane (prM/M), 및 envelop (E) 단백질의 독립적인 발현을 위한 inducible expression system을 구축하였다. 발현세포주로는 BHK-21을 사용하였으며 발현의 induction에는 tetracycline analog인 doxycycline이 사용되었다. Transfectant BHK-21/IV(vector대조구), BHK21/IC(C), BHK-21/IP (prM/M),및 BHK-21/IE는 G418과 hygromycin 존재하에 클로닝되었으며 doxycycline induction에 따른 각 유전자의 mRNA 전사를 확인하였다. 세포의 성장곡선, chromatin condensation, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, 및 flow cytometry에 의한 DNA content profile 분석을 통해 induction에 의한 각 구조단백질의 발현이 숙주세포에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 세 transfectants 모두 세포성장이 감소하고 chromatin이 응축되었다. 그러나 DNA fragmentation 및 DNA content profile 분석에서는BHK-21/IC만이 induction에 따라 상응하여 반응하였다. 이상의 결과는 JEV 감염에 의한 apoptotic 세포사멸 유도기전에서 capsid 단백질이 직접적이고 독립적인 영향요인이 될 수 있음을 제시한다.