• ALGAE
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.111-126
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• 2019

The phototrophic dinoflagellate Biecheleriopsis adriatica is a small suessioid species characterized by a fragile thin wall. Although the morphology of this dinoflagellate is well established, there is currently little information available on its distribution and the environmental factors that influence this distribution. Thus, to investigate the spatial and seasonal distributions of the vegetative cells of B. adriatica in Korean waters, surface water samples were collected on a seasonal basis from 28 stations in the East, West, and South Sea of Korea and Jeju Island from April 2015 to October 2018, and abundances of the vegetative cells of B. adriatica were quantified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions, for which we developed the species-specific primer and probe set. Simultaneously, major environmental parameters, including temperature, salinity, nutrient concentrations, and dissolved oxygen concentrations were measured. The vegetative cells of B. adriatica were detected at 20 of the 28 sampling stations: 19 stations in summer and 6 in autumn, although from no stations in either spring or winter. The ranges of water temperature and salinity at sites where this species was detected were $17.7-26.4^{\circ}C$ and 9.9-34.3, respectively, whereas those of nitrate and phosphate concentrations were not detectable-96.2 and $0.18-2.66{\mu}M$, respectively. Thus, the sites at which this species is found are characterized by a narrow range of temperature, but wide ranges of salinity and concentrations of nitrate and phosphate. The highest abundance of the vegetative cells of B. adriatica was $41.7cells\;mL^{-1}$, which was recorded in Jinhae Bay in July 2018. In Jinhae Bay, the abundance of vegetative cells was significantly positively correlated with the concentration of nitrate, but was negatively correlated with salinity. On the basis of these findings, it appears that the abundance of B. adriatica vegetative cells shows strong seasonality, and in Jinhae Bay, could be affected by the concentrations of nitrate.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2022

국내 시장에서는 Wolfiporia hoelen의 균핵 생산량을 늘리기 위해 새로운 균주 육종을 요구되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 국내에서 수집한 31개의 야생 균주와 12개의 재배 균주에 대해, 최근 보고된 교배형 연관 유전자의 RPB2의 단일염기다형성(single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP)을 적용해 단핵균사와 이핵균사를 구분할 수 있는지 확인함으로써 SNP 정보가 육종에 유용한지 알아 보고자 수행되었다. 이를 위해 해당 정보를 효율적으로 얻을 수 있는 프라이머도 개발하였다. 분석 결과, 국내 야생 균주들은 동형접합인 경우가 중국 균주보다 많아 기존 SNP의 한계를 확인하였다. 이를 보완하고자 RPB2 유전자에서 3개의 SNP를 추가로 발견하였으며, 이를 통해 단핵균사와 이핵균사의 구분 능력을 높였다. 나아가 4개의 SNP를 기존에 육성한 교잡균주와 교잡에 사용한 단포자 균주에 적용함으로써 육종에서의 활용 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.423-428
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• 2000

In 1997 when cloned sheep Dolly and soon after Polly were born, it had become head-line news because in the former the nucleus that gave rise to the lamb came from cells of six-year-old adult sheep and in the latter case a foreign gene was inserted into the donor nucleus to make the cloned sheep produce human protein, factor IX, in e milk. In the last few years, once the realm of science fiction, cloned mammals especially in livestock have become almost commonplace. What the press accounts often fail to convey, however, is that behind every success lie hundreds of failures. Many of the nuclear-transferred egg cells fail to undergo normal cell divisions. Even when an embryo does successfully implant in the womb, pregnancy often ends in miscarriage. A significant fraction of the animals that are born die shortly after birth and some of those that survived have serious developmental abnormalities. Efficiency remains at less than one % out of some hundred attempts to clone an animal. These facts show that something is fundamentally wrong and enormous hurdles must be overcome before cloning becomes practical. Cloning researchers now tent to put aside their effort to create live animals in order to probe the fundamental questions on cell biology including stem cells, the questions of whether the hereditary material in the nucleus of each cell remains intact throughout development, and how transferred nucleus is reprogrammed exactly like the zygotic nucleus. Stem cells are defined as those cells which can divide to produce a daughter cell like themselves (self-renewal) as well as a daughter cell that will give rise to specific differentiated cells (cell-differentiation). Multicellular organisms are formed from a single totipotent stem cell commonly called fertilized egg or zygote. As this cell and its progeny undergo cell divisions the potency of the stem cells in each tissue and organ become gradually restricted in the order of totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent. The differentiation potential of multipotent stem cells in each tissue has been thought to be limited to cell lineages present in the organ from which they were derived. Recent studies, however, revealed that multipotent stem cells derived from adult tissues have much wider differentiation potential than was previously thought. These cells can differentiate into developmentally unrelated cell types, such as nerve stem cell into blood cells or muscle stem cell into brain cells. Neural stem cells isolated from the adult forebrain were recently shown to be capable of repopulating the hematopoietic system and produce blood cells in irradiated condition. In plants although the term$\boxDr$ stem cell$\boxUl$is not used, some cells in the second layer of tunica at the apical meristem of shoot, some nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac, and initial cells of adventive buds are considered to be equivalent to the totipotent stem cells of mammals. The telomere ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes cannot be replicated because the RNA primer at the end of a completed lagging strand cannot be replaced with DNA, causing 5' end gap. A chromosome would be shortened by the length of RNA primer with every cycle of DNA replication and cell division. Essential genes located near the ends of chromosomes would inevitably be deleted by end-shortening, thereby killing the descendants of the original cells. Telomeric DNA has an unusual sequence consisting of up to 1,000 or more tandem repeat of a simple sequence. For example, chromosome of mammal including human has the repeating telomeric sequence of TTAGGG and that of higher plant is TTTAGGG. This non-genic tandem repeat prevents the death of cell despite the continued shortening of chromosome length. In contrast with the somatic cells germ line cells have the mechanism to fill-up the 5' end gap of telomere, thus maintaining the original length of chromosome. Cem line cells exhibit active enzyme telomerase which functions to maintain the stable length of telomere. Some of the cloned animals are reported prematurely getting old. It has to be ascertained whether the multipotent stem cells in the tissues of adult mammals have the original telomeres or shortened telomeres.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.703-710
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• 2003

본 연구는 재래돼지와 랜드레이스를 기초축으로 이용한 F$_2$ 241두에 대해 Heart Fatty Acid- Binding Protein 유전자와 연관되어 있는 PCR- RFLP를 이용하여 그 다형성을 조사하고 돼지의 성장형질, 도체형질, 육질형질과 그 유전자형간의 연관성을 구명코자 실시하였다. H-FABP PCR-RFLP는 두 쌍의 primer에 의한 850bp와 700bp의 증폭산물을 HaeⅢ와 HinfⅠ제한효소를 사용하여 실시되었다. HaeⅢ을 이용한 PCR-RFLP 유전자형은 DD형/700+150bp, Dd형/700+400+300+ 150bp 그리고 dd형/400+300+150bp의 DNA 단편을 보였으며, Hinf1에 의한 유전자형은 HH형은 350+180+130bp, Hh형은 350+220+180+130bp, hh형/350+220+130bp의 절단된 DNA 단편을 보였다. H-FABP/HaeⅢ 유전자형 중에서 12주령 체중은 DD형에 비해 Dd와 dd형에서 유의적으로 높은 값을 보였으며(p〈0.001), 3주령 체중 (p〈0.01)과 5주령, 30주령 체중 (p〈0.05)에 경우도 Dd와 dd형에서 유의적으로 높게 관찰되었고(Table 3), 특히 ‘d’ 대립유전자가 체중과 연관성이 있음이 관찰되었다. H-FABP/HinfⅠ의 유전자형과 표현형질의 연관성을 보면 12주령, 30주령 체중 및 도체지방 과 등지방 두께에서는 hh형에 비해 HH와 Hh형에서 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며(p〈0.001), 5주령 체중과 근내지방 함량에서도 HH형에서 유의적으로 높게 관찰되었고(p〈0.05), 특히 ‘H’ 대립유전자가 체중과 도체지방, 등지방 두께 및 근내지방 함량과 연관성이 있음이 관찰되었다. 따라서 돼지성장 및 지방축적과 관련한 선발력을 높이기 위해 H- FABP PCR-RFLP(HaeⅢ & HinfⅠ)를 분자생물학적 marker로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2018

2011년 강원도 태백에서 최초 발생이 확인 된 사탕무씨스트선충은 고랭지 배추에 경제적 손실을 주는 주요 선충의 하나이다. 또한 2017년 고랭지 배추 재배지역에서 클로버씨스트선충도 분포가 확인 되었다. 본 연구는 씨스트선충의 확산을 조사하기 위하여 2013년부터 고랭지 배추 재배지역에서 씨스트선충의 발생지역 조사를 수행하였다. 아울러 2017년에는 종 특이 프라이머를 이용한 Real-time PCR기법으로 이들 두 선충 이외에 국내 분포가 알려진 콩씨스트선충의 검출지를 강원도 고랭지배추 주산지를 중심으로 조사하였다. 고랭지 배추재배지에서 씨스트선충류의 감염포장은 매년 증가하여 2017년 태백, 삼척, 정선, 강릉지역에서 분포가 확인되었으며 정선지역이 2017년까지 누적 감염 포장 수가 245개로 가장 많았다. PCR분석이 가능한 41점의 씨스트선충들 중 61%가 클로버씨스트선충이었으며 사탕무씨스트선충은 9.8%에 불과하였고, 콩씨스트선충도 29.3% 확인되었다. 따라서 기존에 알려졌던 씨스트선충 검출 포장의 일부는 콩씨스트선충이 감염되어 있을 것으로 보이며 클로버씨스트선충이 고랭지 배추재배지에 우점하는 것으로 나타나 향후 이 종에 대한 방제 대책이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.