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Condensation-Decondensation Structural Transition of DNA Induced by Reversible Ligand Binding : Effect of Urea on Anomalous Absorbance-Temperature Profile of Spermine-DNA Complex (可逆的 리간드 結合에 의하여 誘發되는 DNA의 응축-풀림 構造變移 : Spermine-DNA 複合體의 異例的 吸光度-溫度 樣相에 미치는 Urea의 影響)

  • Thong-Sung Ko;Chan Yong Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.533-538
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    • 1985
  • To investigate the importance of the hydrophobic interaction in the spermine-induced collapse of DNA to a compact structure, the effect of urea on the anomalous absorbance-temperature profile of calf thymus DNA has been investigated. With the increase of the urea concentration, the trough phase of the anomalous absorbance-temperature profile was eliminated eventually. The cooperativity, enthalpy, and the midpoint of the transition to the trough region are more sensitive to urea than those of the Tm-region transition. The present data of the adverse effect of urea, a hydrophobic environmental reagent, on the thermal stabilization of the condensed state of DNA, suggest that hydrophobic interaction may play an important role in the stabilization of the tertiary structure of the collapsed state of DNA.

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Change in the Binding Cooperativity of Ethidium with Calf Thymus DNA, Induced by Spermine Binding (Spermine에 依한 Ethidium의 Calf Thymus DNA와의 結合 Cooperativity 變化)

  • Ko, Thong-Sung;Huh, Joon;Lee, Chan-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.185-193
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    • 1984
  • At the spermine concentration to cover the number of the binding site of spermine 0.016 per nucleotide, the Hill coefficient of the ethidium binding to the calf thymus DNA was 1.7, while the value was 0.38 in the absence of the spermine. On the basis of the data, together with other present data on the viscometric titration of the DNA with spermine and anomalous absorbance-temperature profile at 260nm and viscosity-temperature profile, it can be speculated that allosteric propagation of the conformational transition induced by the binding of the spermine may be involved in the monomolecular collapse of the DNA to a condensed structure.

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Program Development of Integrated Expression Profile Analysis System for DNA Chip Data Analysis (DNA칩 데이터 분석을 위한 유전자발연 통합분석 프로그램의 개발)

  • 양영렬;허철구
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.381-388
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    • 2001
  • A program for integrated gene expression profile analysis such as hierarchical clustering, K-means, fuzzy c-means, self-organizing map(SOM), principal component analysis(PCA), and singular value decomposition(SVD) was made for DNA chip data anlysis by using Matlab. It also contained the normalization method of gene expression input data. The integrated data anlysis program could be effectively used in DNA chip data analysis and help researchers to get more comprehensive analysis view on gene expression data of their own.

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A Review of Extended STR Loci and DNA Database

  • Cho, Yoonjung;Lee, Min Ho;Kim, Su Jin;Park, Ji Hwan;Jung, Ju Yeon
    • Biomedical Science Letters
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.157-169
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    • 2022
  • DNA typing is the typical technology in the forensic science and plays a significant role in the personal identification of victims and suspects. Short tandem repeat (STR) is the short tandemly repeated DNA sequence consisting of 2~7 bp DNA units in specific loci. It is disseminated across the human genome and represents polymorphism among individuals. Because polymorphism is a key feature of the application of DNA typing STR analysis, STR analysis becomes the standard technology in forensics. Therefore, the DNA database (DNA-DB) was first introduced with 4 essential STR markers for the application of forensic science; however, the number of STR markers was expanded from 4 to 13 and 13 to 20 later to counteract the continuously increased DNA profile and other needed situations. After applying expanded STR markers to the South Korean DNA-DB system, it positively affected to low copy number analysis that had a high possibility of partial DNA profiles, and especially contributed to the theft cases due to the high portion of touch DNA evidence in the theft case. Furthermore, STR marker expansion not only contributed to the resolution of cold cases but also increased kinship index indicating the potential for improved kinship test accuracy using extended STR markers. Collectively, the expansion of the STR locus was considered to be necessary to keep pace with the continuously increasing DNA profile, and to improve the data integrity of the DNA-DB.

Application study of PCR additives to improve the split peaks in direct PCR

  • Kim, Joo-Young;Kim, Da-Hye;Park, Hyun-Chul;Jung, Ju Yeon;Jin, Gang-Nam;Hwang, In-Kwan;Kang, Pil-Won
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2019
  • Analysis techniques using DNA profiling are widely used in various fields including forensic science and new technologies such as the Direct PCR amplification method are being developed continuously in order to acquire the DNA profiles efficiently. However, it has a limits such as non-specific amplification according to the quality of crime scene evidence samples. Especially, split peaks caused by excessive DNA samples are one of the important factors that could cause the debate to allow researchers to interpret the DNA profile results. In this study, we confirmed the occurrence rate of split peaks in each STR (short tandem repeats) locus of the $GlobalFiler^{TM}$ kit and investigated the possibility of improving the split peaks using several PCR additives such as DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide), $MgCl_2$, Betaine and Tween-20. As a result, we could make three groups according to the occurrence rate of split peaks in Direct PCR and it was confirmed that the ratio of split peaks could be reduced by DMSO (87.4 %), $MgCl_2$ (84.5 %) and Betaine (86.1 %), respectively. These results indicate that PCR additives such as DMSO, $MgCl_2$ and Betaine can be improve the split peaks in Direct PCR and thereby facilitate subsequently a successful DNA profile results.

Effect of Ethidium Bromide on Anomalous Absorbance-Temperature Profile, of Calf Thymus DNA, induced by Spermine (송아지 胸線 DNA의 Spermine에 依하여 誘發되는 異例的 吸光度-溫度 樣相에 미치는 Ethidium Bromide의 影響)

  • Chan Yong Lee;Thong Sung Ko
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.271-276
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    • 1985
  • An anomalous absorbance-temperature profile of calf thymus DNA, having a trough preceding the initiation of the melting, occurs at the spermine concentration, where the DNA collapses into a compact structure. The cooperativity, enthalpy, and the midpoint of the phase transition to the trough region are more sensitive to ethidium bromide than those of the Tm region. As the concentration of ethidium bromide added is increased, the peak size of the trough is decreased, while the Tm remains essentially constant.

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Anomalous Absorbance-Temperature Profile of Calf Thymus DNA in Presence of Spermine

  • Chan-Yong Lee;Hyeong-Won Ryu;Moon-Jip Kim;Thong-Sung Ko
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.262-264
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    • 1991
  • An anomalous absorbance-temperature profile of calf thymus DNA, having a hypochromic trough just before the rise the $T_m$-region phase, occurs at the spermine concentration where the DNA collapses into a compact structure. The trough phase can be eliminated by the addition of ethidium bromide and also by a hydrophobic environment.

Comparison of RAPD Profiles and Phenotypical Characters of Streptococcal Strains (연쇄상구균의 표현형적 특성과 RAPD profiles 비교)

  • Song, Jin-Gyeong;Kim, Jong-Hun;Kim, Eun-Hui
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2003
  • Streptococcal infection is one of the most serious disease of cultured olive flounder, Paralychthys olivaceus in Korea and caused by more than one species. However, there has been considerable confusions about the taxonomic position of the fish pathogenic streptococci. In this study, We performed the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD) pattern analysis to evaluate the possible classification in 8 streptococci isolated from diseased olive flounder and reference strains based on their DNA structure. RAPD PCR with DNA solution prepared by simple boiling and 10-mer random primer was appeared to be a good tool for discrimination of different streptococcal strains. Phenotypical characters by simple biological test and API 20 Strep corresponded well to the specific profiles of RAPD in streptococcal isolates of this study. Therefore, the RAPD profile was considered as one of differential characters to discriminate the streptococcal isolates from diseased olive flounder.

Genome-wide DNA Methylation Profiles of Small Intestine and Liver in Fast-growing and Slow-growing Weaning Piglets

  • Kwak, Woori;Kim, Jin-Nam;Kim, Daewon;Hong, Jin Su;Jeong, Jae Hark;Kim, Heebal;Cho, Seoae;Kim, Yoo Yong
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1532-1539
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    • 2014
  • Although growth rate is one of the main economic traits of concern in pig production, there is limited knowledge on its epigenetic regulation, such as DNA methylation. In this study, we conducted methyl-CpG binding domain protein-enriched genome sequencing (MBD-seq) to compare genome-wide DNA methylation profile of small intestine and liver tissue between fast- and slow-growing weaning piglets. The genome-wide methylation pattern between the two different growing groups showed similar proportion of CpG (regions of DNA where a cytosine nucleotide occurs next to a guanine nucleotide in the linear sequence) coverage, genomic regions, and gene regions. Differentially methylated regions and genes were also identified for downstream analysis. In canonical pathway analysis using differentially methylated genes, pathways (triacylglycerol pathway, some cell cycle related pathways, and insulin receptor signaling pathway) expected to be related to growth rate were enriched in the two organ tissues. Differentially methylated genes were also organized in gene networks related to the cellular development, growth, and carbohydrate metabolism. Even though further study is required, the result of this study may contribute to the understanding of epigenetic regulation in pig growth.

Construction of a DNA Profile Database for Commercial Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Marker (Microsatellite 마커를 이용한 오이 유통품종 DNA Profile Data Base 구축)

  • Kwon, Yong-Sham;Choi, Keun-Jin
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.344-351
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    • 2013
  • Microsatellite is one of the most suitable marker for cultivar identification as it has great discrimination power for cultivars with narrow genetic variation. The polymorphism level between 358 microsatellite primer pairs and 11 commercial cucumber cultivars was investigated. Thirty-one primer pairs showed high polymorphism within cucumber cultivars with different fruit types. These markers were applied for the constructing DNA profile data base of 110 commercial cucumber cultivars through multiplex PCR and fluorescence based automatic detection system. A total of 139 polymorphic amplified fragments were obtained by using 31 microsatellite markers. The average of PIC value was 0.610 ranging from 0.253 to 0.873. One hundred and thirty nine microsatellite loci were used to calculate Jaccard's distance coefficients for UPGMA cluster analysis. A clustering group of varieties, based on the results of microsatellite analysis, were categorized into plant shape and fruit type. Almost the cultivars were discriminated by marker genotypes. This information may be useful to compare through genetic relationship analysis between existing variety and candidate varieties in distinctive tests and protection of plant breeders' intellectual property rights through variety identification.