• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2008

Little evidence supports the existence of imprinted genes in chicken. Imprinted genes are thought to be intimately connected with the acquisition of parental resources in mammals; thus, the predicted lack of this type of gene in chicken is not surprising, given that they leave their offspring to their own heritance after conception. In this study, we identified several imprinted genes and their orthologs in human, mouse, and zebrafish, including 30 previously identified human and mouse imprinted genes. Next, using the HomoloGene database, we identified six orthologous genes in human, mouse, and chicken; however, no orthologs were identified for SLC22A18, and mouse Ppp1r9a was not included in the HomoloGene database. Thus, from our analysis, four candidate chicken imprinted genes (IGF2, UBE3A, PHLDA2, and GRB10) were identified. To expand our analysis, zebrafish was included, but no probe ID for UBE3A exists in this species. Thus, ultimately, three candidate imprinted genes (IGF2, PHLDA2, and GRB10) in chicken were identified. GRB10 was not significant in chicken and zebrafish based on the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, whereas a weak correlation between PHLDA2 in chicken and human was identified from the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Significant associations between human, mouse, chicken, and zebrafish were found for IGF2 and GRB10 using the Friedman's test. Based on our results, IGF2, PHLDA2, and GRB10 are candidate imprinted genes in chicken. Importantly, the strongest candidate was PHLDA2.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.356-360
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• 2009

In the present study we have examined human-mouse homologous intronless disease and non-disease genes alongside their extent of sequence conservation, tissue expression, domain and gene ontology composition to get an idea regarding evolutionary and functional attributes. We show that selection has significantly discriminated between the two groups and the disease associated genes in particular exhibit lower $K_{a}$ and $K_{a}/K_{s}$ while $K_{s}$ although smaller is not significantly different. Our analyses suggest that majority of disease related intronless human genes have homology limited to eukaryotic genomes and their expression is localized. Also we observed that different classes of intronless disease related genes have experienced diverse selective pressures and are enriched for higher level functionality that is essentially needed for developmental processes in complex organisms. It is expected that these insights will enhance our understanding of the nature of these genes and also improve our ability to identify disease related intronless genes.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 1998

소의 주혈원충인 Reileria sp.의 small subunit ribosomal RMh (SSU rRNA) 유전자의 염 기서 열분 석을 위해 한국의 전북 장수로부터 분리하여 계대보관 중인 실험실 보관주 (KLS)와 김제 분리주 (KCB), 그리고 일본의 Shintoku 분리주 (JHS)를 실험에 사용하였다. 이들 분리주로 부터 원충을 회수 한 후 유전자를 추출하여 중합효소연쇄반응에 의 해 1.8 kb의 SSU rRNA 유전자를 증폭시 킬 수 있었으며, 증폭된 유전자를 이용하여 클론을 제작하고. 이들 클론으로 부터 플라스미드를 추출하여 유전자 염기서열분석을 실시하였다. 각 ReTheileria 분리주의 SSU rRNA유전자의 염기서열분석은 forma터와 reverse양쪽 다중복하여 실시하였으며 연속적인 primer를 이용하였다. 그 결과 한국의 소로부터 분리 한 Theue4n sp. (KLS. KCB)의 SSU rRNA유전자 염 기서 열 (Type A로 명명하였슴)은 일본 분리주와 동 일하였으며, 이 Type A를 GenBank로부터 유전자 검색을 해본 결과 Kenya의 Marula 분리주인 Reixerin buffeli의 SSU rRNA유전자 염기서열과 일치 하였다.