• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2004년도 The 3rd Annual Conference for The Korean Society for Bioinformatics Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics 2004 Symposium
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• pp.77-85
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• 2004

A significant portion (about 8% in human genome) of mammalian mRNA sequences contains AU(Adenine and Uracil) rich elements or AREs at their 3' untranslated regions (UTR). These mRNA sequences are usually stable. ARE motifs are assorted into three classes. The importance of AREs in biology is that they make certain mRNA unstable. We analyzed the occurrences of AREs and Alu, and propose a possible mechanism on how human mRNA could acquire and keep A REs at its 3' UTR originated from Alu repeats. Interspersed in the human genome, Alu repeats occupy 5% of the 3' UTR of mRNA sequences. Alu has poly-adenine (poly-A) regions at the end that lead to poly -thymine (poly-T) regions at the end of its complementary Alu. It has been discovered that AREs are present at the poly -T regions. In the all ARE's classes, 27-40% of ARE repeats were found in the poly -T region of Alu with mismatch allowed within 10% of ARE's length from the 3' UTRs of the NCBI's reference m RNA sequence database. We report that Alu, which has been reported as a junk DNA element, is a source of AREs. We found that one third of AREs were derived from the poly -T regions of the complementary Alu.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2003년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.120.3-120
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• 2003

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• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2004

한국산 옻나무속 6종에 대하여 분자식물학적 방법으로 계통유연관계를 확인하기 위하여, nrDNA의 ITS 구간과 cpDNA rbcL 염기서열을 사용하여 계통분석한 결과 ITS 1의 길이는 $246{\sim}253\;bp$이었고, ITS 2는 $234{\sim}244\;bp$이었다. ITS 1의 길이는 Rhus sylvestris와 R. succedanea에서 246 bp로 가장 작았으며, R. verniciflua에서 253 bp로 가장 긴 것으로 나타났다. ITS 2의 길이는 R. verniciflua가 234 bp로 가장 짧았으며, R. trichocarpr가 244 bp로 가장 길게 나타났다. 이들 분류군의 G+C Content는 ITS 1에서는 $58.0{\sim}68.13%$의 범위를 나타냈고, ITS 2에서는 $59.75{\sim}68.46%$로 나타나 두 구간이 비슷한 비율을 보이고 있었다. ITS 1에서의 G+C content는 R. sylvestris가 58.0%로 가장 낮았으며, 가장 높은 값은 R. ambigua가 68.13%로 확인되었다. ITS 2에서는 외군인 Cotinus coggygria가 59.75%로 가장 낮았으며, R. ambigua가 68.46%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 한국산 옻나무 속에서 ITS 염기서열은 일반적으로 피자식물이 갖는 G+C content 범위 안에 포함되는 것으로 확인되었다. 한편, rbcL의 길이는 1,428 bp로 모든 종에서 동일하였다. 또한 rbcL의 G+C content는 $43.56%{\sim}43.77%$로 나타나 종간에 거의 차이가 없음을 확인하였다. 연구결과 rbcL gene은 옻나무속의 종간 계통유연관계를 해석하는데 유용하지 않았으며, ITS 1 구간의 염기서열 변이는 향후 옻나무속을 분류할 때 신속하게 분류할 수 있는 분류 marker로 이용할 수 있다고 판단되었다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2018

엉겅퀴는 일반적으로 이용되는 대표적인 다년생의 약용식물이다. 최근 국제적 추세에 따라 자국의 유전자원의 발굴, 보존 등이 강화됨에 따라 인접국가와 국내 자생 엉겅퀴 계통을 판별 할 수 있는 기준 설정에 관한 연구의 필요성이 대두되고 있지만, 분자생물학적 판별 기술의 개발은 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 국내 토종과 해외 유래 엉겅퀴종의 기원을 판별하기 위해 핵의 리보솜에 존재하는 ITS 유전자단편에서 SNP를 이용한 판별 프라이머를 확보하였으며, 이를 보완하여 보다 신속하게 판별하기 위하여 ARMS-PCR 및 HRM 기술을 이용한 판별 마커와 그 조건을 확립하였다. 또한, 국내 종 특이적 프라이머들을 이용한 정량적 PCR 분석방법을 이용해 두 가지 종의 genomic DNA의 혼합 여부를 판별하였다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서 개발된 SNP 마커는 다양한 지역 또는 국가에서 서식하는 엉겅퀴 종들의 신속한 확인을 위해 매우 유용하게 이용될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.137-141
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• 2013

ITS 1, 2, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene 염기서열 분석과 주사전자현미경 구조 분석을 통해 3종의 페루산 곤충병원성진균들의 동정을 수행하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 두개의 ITS 부위와 5.8S rRNA gene 부위를 포함하는 PCR product를 증폭하여 염기서열 분석을 수행하였으며 분석된 염기서열을 이용하여 NCBI의 BLAST를 이용하여 가장 높은 상동성을 보이는 종들의 ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 염기서열 정보와 비교분석을 위한 근연종들의 염기서열 정보를 다운로드하여 neighbor joining 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 통해 5.8S rRNA 유전자 염기서열은 속 수준에서도 거의 차이를 보여주지 않을 정도로 매우 안정적으로 보존되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며 종간 구분이 모호한 결과를 보여주었다. 그와 반대로 ITS 부위의 염기서열은 종에 매우 특이적임을 확인할 수 있었으며, 비교분석에 사용된 Beauveria bassiana strain 간의 차이는 확인할 수 없었다. ITS 염기서열 분석결과를 뒷받침하고자 곤충병원성 진균류의 동정을 위한 분류 key로 사용되는 미세구조 관찰을 위해 주사전자현미경 관찰과 광학현미경 관찰을 통해 B. bassiana 및 Lecanicillium attenuatum의 전형적 구조를 관찰할 수 있었다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.1499-1507
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• 2023

Objective: The study investigated the origin of the Akhal-Teke horse using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data and mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 (HVR-1) nucleotide sequences Methods: Genome-wide SNP data from 22 breeds (481 horses) and mitochondrial HVR-1 sequences from 24 breeds (544 sequences) worldwide to examine the origin of the Akhal-Teke horse. The data were analyzed using principal component analysis, linkage disequilibrium analysis, neighbor-joining dendrograms, and ancestry inference to determine the population relationships, ancestral source, genetic structure, and relationships with other varieties. Results: A close genetic relationship between the Akhal-Teke horse and horses from the Middle East was found. Analysis of mitochondrial HVR-1 sequences showed that there were no shared haplotypes between the Akhal-Teke and Tarpan horses, and the mitochondrial data indicated that the Akhal-Teke horse has not historically expanded its group. Ancestral inference suggested that Arabian and Caspian horses were the likely ancestors of the Akhal-Teke horse. Conclusion: The Akhal-Teke horse originated in the Middle East.

• ALGAE
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2002

Scytosiphonaceae is an acetocarpalean brown algal family, that is a recent focus of synstematics and marine biodiversity. We describe Petalonia zosterifolia and Scytosiphon gracilis from Korea for the first time. P. zosterifolia occurred on the East coast, and had flat, linear and solid thalli. S. gracilis was found in Jeju, and had cylindircal to flat and hol-low thalli. However, these two species are so similar that it is difficult to identify by morphology alone. In order to determine if the nuclear DNA reveals the distinctness of both species and to know their phylogenies, the ITS region sequences were newly detrmined in 22 samples of P. zosterifolia, Scytosiphon gracilis, and other three members of the genera from Korea. We found 0.12% variation among samples of P. zosterifolia from different locations, and no variation between S. gracilis samples from diferent years, but extensive interspecific divergences (13.62-22.83%) of each species to other members in Petalonia and Scytosiphon . The ITS sequence dta consistently showed a close relationship between P. zosterifolia and S. gracilis. This result is congruent with morphology and with the published data of plastid rbc and partial nrDNA large subunit gene sequences, and suggests that P. zosterifolia and S. gracilis might have diverged from the most recent common ancestor.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2018

This study was carried out to understand phylogenetic relationships of the 30 mulberry cultivars converved in Korea based on the ITS rDNA region, and they were compared to 40 reference sequences from GenBank. The size and the G+C content of the ITS rDNA gene regions from the 30 Korean mulberry cultivars and 40 reference sequences varied from 612-630 bp and 58.19-61.62%, respectively. Based on the results of the comparative phylogenetic analysis of the ITS rDNA regions of the 30 Korean mulberry cultivars and 40 reference sequences, they were divided into three groups (Group 1, 2, and 3) and two subgroups (Group 1A and 1B within Group 1). The sequence lengths of the Korean mulberry cultivar numbers 1-26 and 27-30 were 615 bp and 616 bp, respectively. At 205 bp location of ITS1 rDNA region, the cultivar numbers 1-26 contain the nucleotide thymine but the cultivar numbers 27-30 contain the nucleotide adenine. In addition, the insertion of the nucleotide adenine at 206 bp location was found only in the four Korean mulberry cultivars (numbers 27-30). Based on these sequence information and phylogenetic result, the 30 Korean mulberry cultivars were identified as M. alba and M. australis. This study will contribute to the construction of genetic database constructions and accurate variety identifications for unidentified mulberry varieties in Korea.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.521-527
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• 2007

Several yeast strains degrading malic acid as a sole carbon and energy source were isolated from Korean wine pomace after enrichment culture in the presence of malic acid. Among them, the strain designated as KMBL 5774 showed the highest malic acid degrading ability. It was identified as Issatchenkia orientalis based on its morphological and physiological characteristics as well as the nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1-5.8S rDNA-ITS II region. Phylogenetic analysis of the ITS I-5.8S rDNA-ITS II sequences showed that the KMBL 5774 is the closest to I. orientalis zhuan 192. Identity of the sequences of the KMBL 5774 was 99.5% with those of I. orientalis zhuan 192. The optimal pH of the media for the growth and malic acid degradation by the yeast was between 2.0 and 3.0, suggesting that the strain is an acidophile. Under the optimized conditions, the yeast could degrade 95.5% of the malic acid after 24 h of incubation at $30^{\circ}C$ in YNB media containing 2% malic acid as a sole carbon and energy source.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.331-340
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• 2007

We examined the evolutionary and ecological processes shaping current geographical distributions of a Korean wood-eating cockroach species, Cryptocercus kyebangensis. Our research aims were to understand evolutionary pattern of DNA sequences, to construct genetic network of Cryptocercus kyebangensis local populations and to understand evolutionary and ecological processes shaping their current geographical distribution patterns via DNA sequence information and genetic networks, using sequence data of two genes (ITS-2 and AT region) from local populations of C. kyebangensis. The results suggest that the ITS-2 and AT region are appropriate molecular markers for elucidating C. kyebangensis geographic patterns at the population level. The MSN-A based on the ITS-2 showed two possible routes, the Hwaak-san and Myeongji-san route and the Seorak-san and Gyebang-san route, for migration of ancestral C. kyebangensis into South Korea. The MSNs (MSN-A and -B) elucidate migration routes well within South Korea, especially the route of Group I and Group II.