• 유기물자원화
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 토양미생물의 일종인 Pseudomonas putida 에서 추출한 탄소고갈 유전자로부터 starvation promoter를 분리한 후 starvation vector를 개발하여 이를 미생물로부터 유용물질의 생산 및 오염물질의 정화등에 활용하기 위한 것이다. Starvation 유전자란 영양분의 결핍시에만 특수하게 발현되는 유전자의 일종으로 본 유전자로부터 promoter를 분리한 후 특정 물질을 분해 또는 생성하는 유전자를 분리된 promoter에 유전자 재조합 방법에 의하여 연결시키면 영양분의 공급을 최소화하고 세균의 생장을 억제 시키는 동시에 promoter에 연결된 유전자의 발현 기능은 최대화 시킴으로써 그 목적을 달성할 수 있다 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 기 분리된 starvation gene으로부터 promoter를 분리한 후 이를 적절한 벡터에 연결시켜 starvation vector인 pYKS101을 완성하였다. 본 벡터의 성능을 시험하기 위하여 reporter gene으로 lacZ유전자를 벡터내에 클로닝하여 세균의 염색체에 삽입시킨후 그 성능을 조사하였다. 삽입된 유전자는 예상한 바와같이 세균이 영양분이 결핍되었을 때 충분한 영양분이 공급되었을 때보다 약 4배의 활성도를 나타냄으로써 본 벡터의 유용성을 입증할 수 있었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.445-457
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• 2020

Prebiotics are defined as "Nondigestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and activity of bacteria in the intestine" and as defined improve host health. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of bifidobacteria (Bifidobacterium lactis BB12 and Bifidobacterium longum BB536) growth enhancer (BE0623) supplement as a prebiotic. The addition of BE0623, a growth promoting material for bifidobacteria, significantly increased bifidobacteria viable cells counts in fermented milk by about 45 to 75 times compared to the non-added control group. In addition, microscopic observation showed a significant effect on proliferation of bifidobacteria in fermented milk with added BE0623. The viable cell counts in bifidobacteria also increased roughly 102-fold compared to the control group (non-added BE0623) and was higher than that of commercial growth promoters. Each fraction obtained though the purification of BE0623 influenced the increase of bifidobacteria growth. Culturing bifidobacteria with a combination of fractions of BE0623 had a synergistic effect compared to culturing bifidobacteria with each fraction individually. When any of the fractions were not added, the effect of the growth enhancer on bifidobacteria was reduced. These results indicate that all fractions contain substances that promote the growth of bifidobacteria. Therefore, BE0623 is considered to be available as a growth promoting material for bifidobacterium.

• 한국축산식품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국축산식품학회 2004년도 제34차 추계 국제 학술대회
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• pp.391-395
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• 2004

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.255-257
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• 2007

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of sta-green and activated carbon on leaf and stem growth of Agastache rugosa as it is affected by different amounts of sta-green and activated carbon. The results obtained are summarized as follows. Growth characteristics including plant height and leaf number were the highest when treated with 30% of sta-green. The weight of fresh leaf and stem of Agastaches rugosa was very low in control. Also, fresh weight of Angelica acutiloba was higher in 10% treatment of activated carbon. However, when the plants were grown in 10% activated carbon. all these promoters were the biggest. Sta-green and activated carbon can be utilized as a soil conditioner in agricultural crop areas.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

Secondary walls have recently drawn research interest as a primary source of sugars for liquid biofuel production. Secondary walls are composed of a complex mixture of the structural polymers cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. A matrix of hemicellulose and lignin surrounds the cellulose component of the plant's cell wall in order to protect the cell from enzymatic attacks. Such resistance, along with the variability seen in the proportions of the major components of the mixture, presents process design and operating challenges to the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel. Expanding bioenergy production to the commercial scale will require a significant improvement in the growth of feedstock as well as in its quality. Plant biotechnology offers an efficient means to create "targeted" changes in the chemical and physical properties of the resulting biomass through pathway-specific manipulation of metabolisms. The successful use of the genetic engineering approach largely depends on the development of two enabling tools: (1) the discovery of regulatory genes involved in key pathways that determine the quantity and quality of the biomass, and (2) utility promoters that can drive the expression of the introduced genes in a highly controlled manner spatially and/or temporally. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the transcriptional regulatory network that controls secondary wall biosynthesis and discuss experimental approaches to developing-xylem-specific utility promoters.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-36
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• 1998

삽목시기가 진달래의 발근에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 시기별로 삽목하여 본 결과 5월부터 6월에 걸쳐서 비교적 높은 발근율을 얻을 수 있었는데, 6월 12일에 실시한 삽목에서 92.5%의 발근율을 나타내었다. 그러나 생식생장이 시작되는 7월 이후에는 발근율이 현저하게 낮아졌다. 즉 진달래의 삽목 최적기는 6월 중순으로 판단되었다. 관행 녹지삽목(greenwood straight cutting)과 녹 종삼목(踵揷木)(greenwood heel cutting)간에는 발근율에 있어서 별 차이를 보이지 않았다. 5월 15일에 실시한 숙지삽 결과 45%의 발근율을 보였으며, 6월 12일에 흰진달래를 삽목하였을 때에도 85%의 발근율을 나타내었다. NAA, lBA 및 Rootone 의 처리효과 실험에서 일반적으로 $200mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$의 저농도에서 12시간 동안 처리하는 것에 비하여, 고농도($2,000mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$) 에서 수초간 처리하는 것이 발근촉진효과가 좋았는데, NAA $2,000mg{\cdot}L^1$에서 15초간 침지처리하는 것이 가장 효과적이었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.634-639
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• 2020

In prostate cancer, the androgen receptor (AR) transcription factor is a major regulator of cell proliferation and metastasis. To identify new AR regulators, we focused on Mixed lineage leukemia 5 (MLL5), a histone-regulating enzyme, because significantly higher MLL5 expression was detected in prostate cancer tissues than in matching normal tissues. When we expressed shRNAs targeting MLL5 gene in prostate cancer cell line, the growth rate and AR activity were reduced compared to those in control cells, and migration ability of the knockdown cells was reduced significantly. To determine the molecular mechanisms of MLL5 on AR activity, we proved that AR physically interacted with MLL5 and other co-factors, including SET-1 and HCF-1, using an immunoprecipitation method. The chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis showed reduced binding of MLL5, co-factors, and AR enzymes to AR target gene promoters in MLL5 shRNA-expressing cells. Histone H3K4 methylation on the AR target gene promoters was reduced, and H3K9 methylation at the same site was increased in MLL5 knockdown cells. Finally, xenograft tumor formation revealed that reduction of MLL5 in prostate cancer cells retarded tumor growth. Our results thus demonstrate the important role of MLL5 as a new epigenetic regulator of AR in prostate cancer.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1978

휴면기간(休眠期間)이 긴 은행나무 종자(種子)의 냉습적처리(冷濕積處理)에 따른 생장촉진물질(生長促進物質)과 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)의 증감(增減)을 구명(究明)하기 위하여 본(本) 연구(硏究)를 수행(遂行)하고 얻어진 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. 1. 무처리종자(無處理種子)는 배(胚), 배유(胚乳), 종피(種皮)의 각추출물(各抽出物)에서 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)을 볼 수 있었으며, 특(特)히 종피(種皮)에서 가장 현저(顯著)하게 나타났다. 2. 냉습적처리종자(冷濕積處理種子)의 배(胚)와 종피(種皮)에서 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)의 현저(顯著)한 감소(減少)가 있었으나, 생장촉진물질(生長促進物質)은 배부분(胚部分)에서 증가(增加)가 약간 나타났다. 3. 이상(以上)의 결과(結果)에서 은행나무 종자(種子)의 휴면(休眠)에는 종피(種皮), 배(胚), 배유(胚乳)의 각부분(各部分)이 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)이 존재(存在)하며 발아(發芽)에 관계하는 것으로 추측(推測)된다. 4. 은행나무 종자(種子)와 발아촉진(發芽促進)과의 관계는 생장촉진물질(生長促進物質)의 증가(增加)보다는, 배(胚)와 종피(種皮)의 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)의 감소(減少)에 영향된다고 추측(推測)된다. 5. 생장촉진물질(生長促進物質)인 Gibberellin은 자외선형광검사등검정(紫外線螢光檢査燈檢定)에서 Rf 0.26, 에서 나타났고, 생장억제물질(生長抑制物質)인 Abscisic acid는 Rf 0.62, Rf 0.70, Rf 0.78에서 각각(各各) purple, gray, blue의 형광색(螢光色)으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.243-251
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• 2011

The gene bolA was discovered in the 80's, but unraveling its function in the cell has proven to be a complex task. The BolA protein has pleiotropic effects over cell physiology, altering growth and morphology, inducing biofilm formation, and regulating the balance of several membrane proteins. Recently, BolA was shown to be a transcription factor by repressing the expression of the mreB gene. The present report shows that BolA is a transcriptional regulator of the dacA and dacC genes, thus regulating both DD-carboxypeptidases PBP5 and PBP6 and thereby demonstrating the versatility of BolA as a cellular regulator. In this work, we also demonstrate that reduction of cell growth and survival can be connected to the overexpression of the bolA gene in different E. coli backgrounds, particularly in the exponential growth phase. The most interesting finding is that overproduction of BolA affects bacterial growth differently depending on whether the cells were inoculated directly from a plate culture or from an overnight batch culture. This strengthens the idea that BolA can be engaged in the coordination of genes that adapt the cell physiology in order to enhance cell adaptation and survival under stress conditions.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.540-554
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• 2023

Heat stress is a major challenge to animal production in tropical and subtropical climates. Rabbits suffer from heat stress more than farm animals because they have few sweat glands, and their bodies are covered with thick fur. Intensive farming relies on antibiotics as antimicrobials or growth promoters to increase animals' productivity and health. However, the European Union and many countries have banned or restricted the use of antibiotics in animal feed for human health concerns. Several studies have found that replacing antibiotics in rabbit feed with natural plants or feed additives increases productivity and improves immune capacity, especially under heat stress conditions. Growth performance, immune response, gut microflora, and carcass yield may be increased in rabbits fed a diet supplemented with some natural plants and/or propolis. In this review article, we discuss and summarize the effects of some herbs and plant extracts as alternative feed additives on rabbit productivity, especially for those raised under hot ambient temperatures.