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Effect of Forms and Levels of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Plant Growth and Essential Oil Content of Agastache rugosa

  • Ohk, Hyun-Choong;Song, Ji-Sook;Chae, Young-Am
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.128-133
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    • 2000
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of forms and levels of nitrogen fertilizer on plant growth and essential oil production of Agastache rugosa. Calcium nitrate had more influenced on length and width of leaves and lateral branch length than did urea. When nitrogen fertilizer level was increased from 12 kgN/I0a to 24kgN/I0a, plant growth was stimulated and dry matter of leaf and inflorescence were increased. Top dry matter of plant with calcium nitrate treatment (38.4 g) was heavier than that of urea treatment (32.8 g). Interactions among accession and nitrogen form and nitrogen rate were not significantly different for top dry matter. The forms and rate of nitrogen fertilizer did not affect estragole content. The estragole contents was higher in leaf (91.8%) than that of inflorescence (81.3%). While the essential oil content was not affected by different nitrogen forms, nitrogen level affected the essential oil contents positively by increasing dry matter. Essential oil yield was not affected by accession or nitrogen form, but by nitrogen rate. With increasing N application from 12kgN/I0a to 24 kgN/I0a, essential oil yield was increased by 95.8 %.

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Expression Analysis of ${\beta}$-Ketothiolase and Acetoacetyl-CoA Reductase of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

  • KHO, DHONG HYO;CHEOL YUN JEONG;JEONG JUG LEE
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.1031-1037
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    • 2001
  • By a sequential action of ${\beta}$-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, two molecules of acetyl-CoA re converted into D-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, a substrate for PHB synthase to form poly-3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, a substrate for PHB synthase to form poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) of rhodobacter sphaeroides. The ${\beta}$-ketothiolase gene, phbA, and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase gene, phbB, were cloned and analyzed for their expression. Enzyme activities of ${\beta}$-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl-CoA reductase showed constitutive levels during aerobic and photoheterotrophic growth of R. sphaeroides. In addition, no difference of each enzyme activity was observed between cells grown aerobically and photoheterotrophically. The constitutive level of the enzyme activities are regulated according to the growth phases along with growth conditions. Thus, phbAB expression is not determinative in regulating the PB content. On the other hand, phbA-deleted cell AZI accumulated only $10\%$ PHB of the wild-type, and an elevated dosage of phbAB in trans in R. sphaeroides resulted in a higher content of PHB, indicating that phbAB codes for the enzymes responsible for providing the main supply of subsyrate for PHB synthase. PHB formation by an alternative pathway that does not does not depend on the phbA-and phbB-coding enzymes is also proposed.

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The Effect of Additives on Twins in ZnO Varistors (ZnO 바리스터에서 첨가물이 쌍정에 미치는 영향)

  • 한세원;조한구;강형부
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.1057-1060
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    • 2001
  • By comparison of the experimental results in two systems of ZnO varistors, its appear that Sb$_2$O$_3$is the indispensable element for twinning in ZnO varistors, and the Zn$_{7}$Sb$_2$O$_{12}$ spinel acts as the nucleus to form twins. A1$_2$O$_3$is not the origin of twinning in ZnO varistor, but it was found that A1$_2$O$_3$could strengthen the twinning and form a deformation twinning by ZnA$_{12}$O$_4$-dragging and pinning effect. The inhibition ratios of grain growth and nonuniformity of two systems ZnO varistors increase with the increase of A1$_2$O$_3$content. The twins affect the inhibition of grain growth, the mechanism could be explained follow as : twins increase the mobility viscosity of ZnO grain and grain boundary, and drag ZnO grain and liquid grain boundary during the sintering, then the grain growth is inhibited, and the microstructure becomes more uniform.orm.m.

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Crack Growth Life Estimation and Reliability Analysis of High Temperature Turbine (고열 터빈의 균열성장수명 평가 및 신뢰성 분석)

  • Jang, Byung-Wook;Park, Jung-Sun;Kim, Hyun-Jae;Chen, Seung-Bae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.350-353
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    • 2009
  • In the fatigue analysis and the components design, uncertainties are caused by the variances of geometry data and applied loads, and the scatter of material properties. In this paper, fatigue crack growth life of turbine is evaluated by fracture mechanics and the reliability analysis is accessed by the fist order second moment method and Monte Carlo simulation.

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A Rapid and Simple Method for Construction and Expression of a Synthetic Human Growth Hormone Gene in Escherichia coli

  • Roytrakul, Sittiruk;Eurwilaichitr, Lily;Suprasongsin, Chittiwat;Panyim, Sakol
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.502-508
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    • 2001
  • A cDNA, encoding the human growth hormone (hGH), was synthesized based on the known 191 amino acid sequence. Its codon usage was optimized for a high level expression in Escherichia coli. Unique restriction sites were incorporated throughout the gene to facilitate mutagenesis in further studies. To minimize an initiation translation problem, a 624-bp cassette that contained a ribosome binding site and a start codon were fused to the hGH-coding sequence that was flanked between the EcoRI and HindIII sites. The whole fragment was synthesized by an overlapped extension of eight long synthetic oligonucleotides. The four-short duplexes of DNA, which were first formed by annealing and filling-in with a Klenow fragment, were assembled to form a complete hGH gene. The hGH was cloned and expressed successfully using a pET17b plasmid that contained the T7 promoter. Recombinant hGH yielded as much as 20% of the total cellular proteins. However, the majority of the protein was in the form of insoluble inclusion bodies. N-terminal amino acid sequencing also showed that the hGH produced in E. coli contained formyl-methionine. This study provides a useful model for synthesis of the gene of interest and production of recombinant proteins in E. coli.

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Effect of the Ni Catalyst Size and Shape on the Variation of the Geometries for the As-grown Carbon Coils

  • Jang, Chang-Young;Kim, Sung-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2013
  • Carbon nanofilaments (CNFs) could be synthesized using $C_2H_2/H_2$ as source gases and $SF_6$ as an incorporated additive gas under thermal chemical vapor deposition system. Ni powders were used as the catalyst for the formation of the CNFs. During the initial deposition stage, the initiation of the CNFs on the Ni catalyst was investigated. The geometries of the as-grown CNFs on Ni catalyst were strongly dependent on the size and/or the shape of Ni catalyst. Small size catalyst (<150 nm in diameter) gives rise to the unidirectional growth of the CNFs. On the other hand, large size catalyst (150~500 nm), the bidirectional growth of the CNFs could be observed. Particularly, the well faceted parallelogram-shaped Ni catalyst could give rise to the bidirectional growth of the CNFs having the symmetrically opposite direction. Eventually, these bidirectional growths of CNFs were understood to form the well-developed carbon microcoils (CMCs). Based on these results, the optimal shape and the size of the Ni catalyst to form the CMCs were discussed.

Effect of Calcium Cyanamide Soil Fumigation on Sterilization of Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium sp., Soil Microbes and Plant Seed (석회질소 토양훈증의 라이족토니아 소라니, 피시움, 토양미생물과 씨앗의 사멸효과)

  • Lee, Byung-Dae;Park, Roan
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.139-142
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    • 2009
  • The effect of calcium cyanamide (China-made) soil fumigation on the growth of the ginseng pathogen Rhizoctonia, Pythium), soil microbes, and seed germination of lettuce and radish was investigated. At twice the recommended level (2S0-ppm $CaCN_2$), the growth of Rhizoctonia and Pythium, and the seed germination, were not inhibited. Rather, the effective level was 10,000 ppm. The powder form was more effective than the granular form in inhibiting pathogen growth and seed germination. The lettuce seed was also more sensitive than the radish seed. Calcium cyanamide appearedto decrease the fungi population and to increase Actinomycetes in the soil.

Weaning pig performance can be enhanced by replacing dietary inorganic copper and zinc with glycine or methionine-chelated copper and zinc

  • Sarbani Biswas;De Xin Dang;In Ho Kim
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.53-61
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    • 2024
  • A total of 180 21-day-old weaning pigs ([Yorkshire × Landrace] × Duroc) with an initial body weight of 6.44 ± 0.01 kg were randomly assigned to 9 treatments for evaluating the effects of replacing dietary inorganic copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) with glycine (Gly) or methionine (Met)-chelated Cu and Zn on growth performance and nutrient digestibility. The experimental period was 35 days. There were four replicated pens per treatment, with five pigs (three males and two females) per pen. Dietary treatments consisted of a basal diet (CON), in which the sources of Cu and Zn were in inorganic form. The inorganic Cu and Zn in the basal diet were replaced by glycine-chelated (GC) and methionine-chelated (MC) Cu and Zn by 30, 50, 70, or 100% to form the GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, or MC1, MC2, MC3, MC4 groups. The 100% replacement of dietary inorganic Cu and Zn with GC or MC increased (p < 0.05) average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and gain-to-feed ratio. The complete replacement of dietary inorganic Cu and Zn with GC or MC led to enhanced (p < 0.05) digestibility of dry matter, nitrogen, Cu and Zn. Thus, the replacement of inorganic Cu and Zn with GC or MC can improve the growth efficiency and nutrient utilization of weaning pigs.

Antitumor Activity of Lactobacillus casei against Sarcoma 180 and Lewis Lung Carcinoma in Mice (생쥐에서 Sarcoma 180 및 Lewis Lung Carcinoma에 대한 Lactobacillus casei의 항암 효과)

  • 배형석;백영진;윤영호
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.247-255
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    • 1993
  • Antitumor activity of Lactobacillus casei YIP 9018(LC9018) was studied in mice by using sarcoma 180(S-180) and Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL). Following the eatablishment of in vivo tumor models such as ascites form S-180, solid form S-180 and 3LL for estimating antitumor activity of Lactobacilli, optimal dose and injection route of heat-killed LC9018 for supperssion of local tumor were examined. Administration of 100ng/mouse of LC9018 significantly inhibited the growth of ascites form S-180, solid form S-180 and 3LL.

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