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Overexpression of the bacteriophase PRD1 DNA polymerase

  • Jung, Gu-Hung
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 1992
  • In order to overexpress bacteriophage PRD1 DNA polymerase in E. coli cells, the 2 kb HaeII fragment was isolated from phage genomic DNA. This fragment was then cloned into pEMBL/sup ex/ 3-expression vector. A specific 57bp deletion was performed by using uracil containing ss DNA and oligonucleotide spanning each region to remove an unwanted non-coding region. After this deletion, the PRD1 DNA polymerase gene is totally under the control of the vector promoter and SD sequence. Upon heat induction, a protein with an apparent size of 68 kdal was overexpressed as an active PRD1 DNA polymerase. The expression of PRD1 DNA polymerase was about 1% of total E. coli protein.

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Isolation of an Autonomously Replicating DNA Sequence from Aspergillus nidulans

  • Jang, Seung-Hwan;Jahng, Kwang-Yeon
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 1999
  • Using yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the integrate vector system, we have isolated and characterized an autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) from Aspergillus nidulans. The DNA fragment, designated ANR1, is 5.0 kb in size and maintained free from the chromosome in S. cerevisiae. The YIplac211-ANR1 recombinant plasmid, which consists of sequences derived from the yeast integrative vector YIplac211 and 5.0 kb ANR1 fragment, showed a 104-fold enhancement in transformation efficiency over that found for YIplac211, and was easily recovered from the transformed yeast. Genetic analysis of transformants showed that YIplac21-ANR1 could be over 96% cured when cultured over 20 generations in complete medium and thus suggests that this sequence is mitotically unstable. In A. nidulans, recombinant plasmid PILJ16-4.5 which carries the 4.5 kb EcoRI fragment of ANR1 showed a 170-fold enhancement in transformation efficiency compared to that of the integrative vector PILJ16.

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Fragment Molecular Orbital Method: Application to Protein-Ligand Binding

  • Watanabe, Hirofumi;Tanaka, Shigenori
    • Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.6.1-6.5
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    • 2010
  • Fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method provides a novel tool for ab initio calculations of large biomolecules. This method overcomes the size limitation difficulties in conventional molecular orbital methods and has several advantages compared to classical force field approaches. While there are many features in this method, we here focus on explaining the issues related to protein-ligand binding: FMO method provides useful interaction-analysis tools such as IFIE, CAFI and FILM. FMO calculations can provide not only binding energies, which are well correlated with experimental binding affinity, but also QSAR descriptors. In addition, FMO-derived charges improve the descriptions of electrostatic properties and the correlations between docking scores and experimental binding affinities. These calculations can be performed by the ABINIT-MPX program and the calculation results can be visualized by its proper BioStation Viewer. The acceleration of FMO calculations on various computer facilities is ongoing, and we are also developing methods to deal with cytochrome P450, which belongs to the family of drug metabolic enzymes.

Roof tile frangibility and puncture of metal window shutters

  • Laboy-Rodriguez, Sylvia T.;Smith, Daniel;Gurley, Kurtis R.;Masters, Forrest J.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.185-202
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    • 2013
  • The goal of this study was to investigate the vulnerability of roof tile systems and metal shutters to roof tile debris. Three phases addressed the performance of tile roof systems and metal shutters impacted by roof tile debris. The first phase experimentally evaluated the tile fragment size and quantity generated by a tile striking a tile roof system. The second phase experimentally quantified the puncture vulnerability of common metal panel shutter systems as a function of tile fragment impact speed. The third phase provided context for interpretation of the experimental results through the use of a tile trajectory model. The results provide supporting evidence that while metal panel window shutters provide significant protection against a prevalent form of windborne debris, these systems are vulnerable to tile fragment puncture in design level tropical cyclones. These findings correlate with field observations made after Hurricane Charley (2004).

A Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Resistance Determinant Gene (ermJ) Cloned from B, anthracis 590

  • Kim, Hee-Sun;Choi, Eung-Chil;Kim, Byong-Kak;Park, Young-In
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.58-61
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    • 1992
  • Bacillus anthracis 590 having an inducibla resistance determinant to MLS antibiotics was isolated from a soli sample in Korea. The resistance gene (ernJ) was cloned by Southern blotting of chromosomal DNA fragment digested by various restriction enzymes and coloy hybridization method and the cloned plasmid was named as pBA423. The size of inserted DNA fragment of pBS42 vector was about 2.9 kb and the DNA sequence of the subcloned fragment (Hinc II-Hinc II, 1.4kb) WAS determined. The DNA sequence of ernJ was composed of 357 bp for leader region and 861 bp for the structural gene. Because the leader sequence of ernJ was homologous to that of ermK, the expression of ernJ is also thought to be controlled by a transcriptionl attenuation mechanism.

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Performance Evaluation of Distributed MAC Protocol Algorithm for Efficient Multimedia Transmission (효율적인 멀티미디어 전송을 위한 분산방식 MAC 프로토콜 성능분석)

  • Kim, Jin Woo;Lee, Seong Ro
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.573-581
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    • 2014
  • The salient features of UWB(Ultra WideBand) networks such as high-rate communications, low interference with other radio systems, and low power consumption bring many benefits to users, thus enabling several new applications such as wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) for connecting personal computers (PCs) to their peripherals and the consumer-electronics (CE) in people's living rooms. Because the size of multimedia data frame, WiMedia device must transmit the fragment of MSDU. However, when the fragment of MSDU is lost, WiMedia device maintains active mode for the time to complete the transmission MSDU, and there is a problem that unnecessary power consumption occurs. Therefore we propose new power management scheme to reduce unnecessary power consumption of WiMedia devices in the case that the fragment is lost.

Cloning and Expression of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 gIII of Korean Isolate PQ Strain (소 허피스바이러스 gIII 유전자 크론닝 및 발현)

  • Kweon, Chang-Hee;Min, Boo-Ki
    • The Journal of Korean Society of Virology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.173-179
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    • 1996
  • The gene encoding gIII of bovine herpesvirus type 1 (BHV-1) PQ strain was cloned and expressed in baculovirus. Although the gIII gene is located in Hind III I fragment as the case of the other BHV-1 strains, differences in size and restriction endonuclease site within the fragment were identified. The gIII expression was predominantly detected on the surface on insect cells by indirect immunofluoresecnce assay using monoclonal antibody. The western blotting analysis also revealed the presence of expressed protein of a similar molecular size to the original gIII protein. The immunogenicity of expressed protein were tested in guinea pigs. The immunized guinea pigs with expressed protein developed the neutralizing antibodies against BHV-1.

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Asynchronously Adaptive Massage Passing Scheme for Vehicle Wireless Communication Networks (차량용 무선 통신 네트워크를 위한 비동기 적응형 메시지 전달 기법)

  • Kug, Sun-Hwa;Jeong, Sung-Hwan;Noh, Hyo-Min;Choi, Hyo-Sub;So, Ha-Ju;Lee, Chul-Dong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.741-742
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    • 2012
  • This paper gives an asynchronously adaptive message passing scheme for selective retransmission of dropped packets based on a different fragment in size according to both the type of cause that makes packet loss and variation of traffic load in vehicle wireless communication networks. With the proposed scheme, it is possible to enhance the correctness for under-standing awareness of current network situation and to reduce the number of control packets by increasing or decreasing the size of a fragment along with the changes in network traffic load.

The Properties of Permeability and Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Water-Permeable Paving Brick Using Wastes (폐기물을 이용한 투수블록의 투수성 및 동결융해저항 특성)

  • 신대용;한상목;김경남;이현종
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.210-215
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    • 2004
  • Porous ceramics for water-permeable paving brick was prepared by the sintering of mixed materials comprising of sewage sludge ash, waste porcelain fragment, waste glaze and low-grade clay at 1,000$^{\circ}C$ for 2 h, and the physical $.$mechanical properties, the permeability and the freeze-thaw resistance of specimens with preparation parameters were investigated. The physical mechanical properties were increased in specimens while porosity and permeability were decreased with increasing sewage sludge ash content and sintering temperature on the properties of specimens showed the opposite results. The bulk density, porosity, compressive strength and permeability (passed charge) of 30A60F specimens with 30 wt% of sewage sludge ash content, waste porcelain fragment size with 1∼2 mm and sintered at 1,000$^{\circ}C$ for 2 h were 2.17, 46.2%, 221 kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and 3,150 coulombs, respectively. The permeability was increased with increasing waste porcelain fragment size, however compressive strength was decreased. The freeze-thaw resistance of 30A60F specimen with 1∼2 mm of fragment size was superior to that of the other specimens. The 30A60F specimens can be used for the water-permeable paving brick with the high permeability and adequate strength. The heavy metals included in the all specimens showed lower than the standard level.

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Bacillus pasteurii Urease Gene in Escherichia coli (B. pasteurii Urease 유전인자의 E. coli의 복제와 발현)

  • Kim, Sang-Dal;John Spizizen
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 1985
  • The 7.1 Mdal Xbaf fragment of Bacillus pasteurii ATCC 11859 containing gene for urease was inserted into the Xbal site of bifunctional plasmid pGR71, and its urease gene was cloned and expressed in E. coil RRI. But the cloned gene was not expressed in Bacillus subtilis BR151 in consequence of deletion of inserted DNA fragment. The recombinant plasmid thus formed was named pGU66. The restriction map of the plasmid pGU66 was determined, and the size of the plasmid was estimated to be 12.6 Mdal by double digestion of restriction enzymes of the plasmid. The urease of the cloned strain was accumulated in periplasmic space and very similiar to that of donor strains in their enzymatic properties.

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