• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

The efficiency of transgenic livestock animal production may be improved by early selection of transgenci preimplantation embryos. To examine the possibility of GFP gene as a non-invasive marker for the early screening of transgenic embryo, the GFP gene was microinjected into rabbit zygotes and the later stages of preimplantation embryos were examined for the expression of GFP. The presence of injected DNA was detected by PCR analysis and the expression of GFP was detected by observing green fluorescence in embryos under a fluorescent microscope. Out of 108 GFP gene-injected rabbit zygotes, seventy three(67.6%) were fluorescence-positive. When 11 fluroresecence-positive blastocysts were analyzed for the presence of GFP gene by PCR, 6(54.5%) were positive, and all of the 8 flrouescence-negative blastocysts were also negative by PCR. The results indicate that the screening of transgene in rabbit embryos by PCR analysis and GFP detection could be a promising method for the preselection of transgenic embryos.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.215-218
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• 2001

쪽(Polygonum tinctortium) 세포에서 외래 단백질 발현을 검토하기 위하여 green fluorescent protein(GFP)가 내재하는 pCAMBIA1302를 형질 전환시켰으며 Western blot 분석에 의해 GFP의 발현을 확인하였다. Sodium butyrate가 GFP생성에 미치는 효과를 검토한 결과, 10 mM에서 세포성장이 지연되었으며, 15 mM 이상에서는 정지되었다. 세포 내 GFP 생성량은 세포 접종 후 3일째 5 mM sodium butyrate를 첨가하였을 때가 0일째 처리에 비해 120% 증가하였다. 또한 접종후 3일 후 5 mM의 sodium butyrate를 처리한 경우가 10 mM의 경우보다 GFP의 수율이 50% 증가하였다. 본 실험을 통하여 세포 접종 후 3일째, 5 mM의 농도로 처리한 sodium butyrate가 외래 단백질의 발현을 효과적으로 증가시키는 결과를 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2004

To investigate the co-expression and crystallization of a fusion gene between the Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and a foreign protein in B. thuringiensis, the expression of the Cry1Ac fused with green fluorescent protein (GFP) genes in a B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain was examined. The cry1Ac gene was cloned in the B. thuringiensis-E. coli shuttle vector, pHT3101, under the control of the native cry1Ac gene promoter, while the GFP gene was inserted into the XhoI site upstream of the proteolytic cleavage site, in the middle region of the crylAc gene (pProAc-GFP). The B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain carrying pProAc-GFP (ProAc-GFP/CB) did not produce any inclusion bodies. However, the transformed strain expressed fusion protein forms although the expression level was relatively low. Furthermore, an immu­noblot analysis using GFP and Cry1Ac antibodies showed that the fusion protein was not a single spe­cies, but rather multiple forms. In addition, the N-terminal fragment of Cry1Ac and a non-fused GFP were also found in the B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain after autolysis. The sporulated cells before autolysis and the spore-crystal mixture after autolysis of ProAc-GFP/CB exhibited insecticidal activities against Plutella xylostella larvae. Accordingly, the current results suggest that a fusion crystal protein produced by the transfomant, ProAc-GFP/CB, can be functionally expressed but easily degraded in B. thuring­iensis.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.136-141
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• 2009

Marking biocontrol bacteria is an essential step to monitor bacterial behavior in natural environments before application in agricultural ecosystem. In this study, we presented the simple green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter system driven by the promoter active in Bacillus species for tagging of the biocontrol bacteria. A constitutive promoter P43 from Bacillus subtilis was fused to an enhanced promoterless gfp gene by overlap extension PCR. The GFP expression was demonstrated by the high fluorescence intensity detected in B. subtilis and Escherichia coli transformed with the P43-gfp fusion construct, respectively. The GFP reporter system was further investigated in two bacterial biocontrol strains B. licheniformis and Pseudomonas fluorescens. When the reconstructed plasmid pWH34G was introduced into B. licheniformis, GFP level measured with the fluorescence intensity in B. licheniformis was almost equivalent to that in B. subtilis. However, GFP expression level was extremely low in other biocontrol bacteria P. fluorescens by transposon based stable insertion of the P43-gfp construct into the bacterial chromosome. This study provides information regarding to the efficient biomarker P43-gfp fusion construct for bio-control Bacillus species.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2013

본 연구는 딸기에 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$ 균주를 인위적으로 접촉시켜 배양 온도(10, 15, 20, 25, $30^{\circ}C$), 시간(24, 47, 72, 96시간) 및 접촉횟수(0, 2, 4, 6회)에 따른 미생물의 증식가능성을 살펴보고, 딸기 추출물 함량에 의해 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 증식가능 여부를 측정하였다. 저장온도 및 시간에 의한 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 증식은 25, $30^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 배양 후 7.36~7.78 log CFU/g로 급격히 증가하였으나 $10{\sim}20^{\circ}C$에서는 48시간 후 6.49~8.49 log CFU/g로 서서히 증식하였다. 각각의 온도에서 96시간 배양 후 15, $25^{\circ}C$조건에서 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 밀도가 가장 높았으며 $10^{\circ}C$에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 접촉횟수에 의한 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 증식은 접촉횟수에 상관없이 10, $15^{\circ}C$에서는 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 성장이 이루어지지 않았으며 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 접촉횟수 증가에 따라 1.52~3.26 log CFU/g 수준으로 증식하였으나 대조군과의 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 배양온도가 25, $30^{\circ}C$인 경우 접촉횟수가 6회인 경우 각각 5.17, 5.01 log CFU/g로 유의적으로 높게 나타났다. 딸기 추출액 함량이 미생물의 증식에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과 추출액의 멸균여부에 상관없이 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 대조군으로서 딸기 추출물 0%인 경우 minimal broth에서의 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 증식은 배양기간 동안 1 log CFU/g 증가하는 수준으로 유지되었다. 추출물 함량이 50% 미만인 경우 대조군에 비해 E. coli $DH5{\alpha}::gfp$의 증식이 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며, 50, 25% 추출액에서 각각 4, 5 log CFU/g 증가하였다.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2003년도 학술발표대회 발표논문초록집
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• pp.42-42
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• 2003

복제기술은 기존의 형질전환 동물 생산의 효율을 향상시킬 수 있는 기술로서 인정하고 있으며 또한 이를 이용하여 형질전환 동물의 생산이 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 표지유전자 (GFP)와 유용유전자 (hFSH)를 이용하여 임신 45일령에 채취한 태아섬유아세포에 transfection 하고, transfection 된 세포의 효율적인 선발과 이를 이용한 형질전환 복제 수정란을 생산하고자 실시하였다. 대조구 (KbFF), GFP (79KbFF-GFP c-3) 및 hFSH (79KbFF-hFSH n-1)에 공시한 세포는 모두 동일한 태아유래의 세포 (모 79, 부 KPN178,♂)를 이용하였다. pAB-eGFP와 hFSH 유전자는 각파 electroporation 방법을 이용하여 transfection 하고, 이를 2주 동안 G418로 배양하며 selection 하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.310-314
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• 2013

Antifreeze peptide from Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus was overexpressed and purified in Escherichia coli. Green fluorescence protein-AFP chimera was constructed by integrating gfp and afp genes. Produced GFP-AFP chimera protein was purified using polyhistidine tag which was inserted at C-terminus. By addition of GFP-AFP chimera protein, freezing point of elution buffer was decreased from $-13^{\circ}C$ to $-20^{\circ}C$. This result suggested that GFP-AFP chimera can be considered as a potential candidate of novel inhibitor for gas hydrates.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 1998

A plasmid vector containing two reporter genes, mer-lux and lac-GFP, was transformed to both Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida. Their cellular activities and biofilm characteristics were investigated in flow-cell units by measuring bioluminescent lights and fluorescent levels of GFP. Bioluminescence was effective to monitor temporal cell activities, whereas fluorescent level of GFP was useful to indicate the overall cell activities during biofilm development. The light production rates of E. coli and P. putida cultures were dependent upon concentrations of HgCl2. Mercury molecules entrapped in P. putida biofilms were hardly washed out in comparison with those in E. coli biofilms, indicating that P. putida biofilms may have higher affinity to mercury molecules than E. coli biofilms. It was observed that P. putida expressed GFP cDNA in biofilms but not in liquid cultures. This may indicate that the genetic mechanisms of P. putida were favorably altered in biofilm conditions to make a foreign gene expression possible.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2011

Diverse epigenetic phenotypes are frequently found during research on transgenic plants. To understand the factors underlying such diversity, hundreds of independent 35S-GFP transgenic N. benthamiana plants were analyzed. The diverse GFP-expression phenotypes of the transgenic plants were classified into three major types based on the GFP expression patterns and their response to 35S-GFP agroinfiltration: steady-green, silenced and non-uniform phenotype. The non-uniform phenotype was further sub-divided into five minor phenotypes: variegated, red-dropped, on-silencing, partitioned and misty, according to the distribution of GFP expression on the leaves. Many of transgenic plants continuously generated diverse phenotypes over several generations despite the transgene identity. Such epigenetic GFP phenotyping was found to be the result of spontaneous transgene silencing mediated by either or both of post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) and transcriptional gene silencing (TGS). This finding was verified by the detection of 21- and 24-nt small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules, and DNA methylation in the transgenic plants that showed repeated epigenetic variation. Agroinfiltration demonstrated that irregular distribution of GFP on a leaf was the result of erratic transgene silencing, and the technique also proved to be a rapid and effective method for selecting fully silenced plants within 3 days. Furthermore, two novel phenotypes described are potential materials for in-depth investigations into the genes and mechanisms responsible for spontaneous transgene silencing.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2004

Sphingomonas chlorophenolica ATCC39723 was successfully labeled with the gfp (green fluorescent protein) gene inserted into the pcpB gene by homologous recombination. As the gfp recombinant was easily distinguished from other indigenous organisms, the population of gfp recombinant was monitored after being released into the soil microcosms. Their population density dropped from 10$\^$8/ to 10$\^$6/ (cfu/$m\ell$) in the non-sterilized soil microcosms during the first 6 days. Moreover, the gfp recombinant was not detected even at lower dilution rates after a certain time period. The recombinant, however, survived for at least 28 days in the sterilized soil microcosms. Although the gfp recombinant did not degrade pentachlorophenol (PCP), this experiment showed the possibility of using gfp as a monitoring reporter system for S. chlorophenolica ATCC39723 and potentially other species of Sphingomonas.