• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.52-56
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• 1987

The evidences that Lam B protein of E. coli is used as a receptor for infections of bacteriophage N4 as well as bacteriophage lambda were obtained from the following experimental results. First, all of the isolated lambda resistant dlones possessing foreign DNA fragments in the plasmids were also resistant to bacteriophage N4, but not to bacteriophage $\phi$ 80, T4 and T7. Second, when the plasmid DNA was treated with various restriction enzymes and ligated to delete the total or a portion of the foreign DNA fragments, the deleted plasmids lost the resistant activities to lambda and N4, simultaneously. Third, after amplification of Lam B protein about 200 times by inducing the protein using maltose as a sole carbon source, the host E. coli became sensitive to both lambda and N4.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.455-464
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• 1995

연구배경: 인체의 결핵균 감염에 대하여 체액성 면역과 세포 매개성 면역이 함께 관여하며 효소결합 면역 분석법으로 결핵균 항원에 대한 항체(IgG)를 측정하는 것은 결핵성 흉막염 진단법으로 이용할 수 있다. 방법: 1992년 5월부터 1994년 7월까지 인하대학교 인하병원에 흉막염으로 입원하였던 환자 중 원인이 확진된 결핵성 흉막염 환자 40예, 비결핵성 흉막염 환자 19예를 대상으로 하여 혈청 및 흉막액에서 PPD 항원과 LAM-B 항원에 대한 IgG 항체가의 흡광도를 측정 하였다. 결과: 1) 결핵성 흉막염군의 흉막액 및 혈청내 PPD와 LAM-B 항체가는 비결핵성 흉악염군보다 유의하게 높았다.(p<0.0005) 2) 혈청내 PPD와 LAM-B 항체가는 흉막액내 항체가 보다 높았다. 3) PPD와 LAM-B에 대한 흉막액 항체와 혈청 항체간에는 의미있는 상관관계를 보였다. 4) 흉막액 PPD 항체의 결핵성 흉막염 진단기준을 0.091로 할 경우 진단적 예민도는 55.0%, 94.7%를 나타내었다. 5) 흉막액 LAM-B 항체의 결핵성 흉막염 진단기준을 0.337로 할 경우 진단적 예민도는 50.0%, 특이도는 94.7%를 나타내었다. 5)결핵성 흉막염군의 진단 양성률은 PPD 피부반응 검사, 흉막액의 양, 활동성 폐결핵 동반여부 등에 의해 영향받지 않았다. 결론: PPD와 LAM-B에 대한 IgG 측정은 결핵성 흉막염의 진단에 도움을 줄 것으로 사료된다. 아울러 PPD와 LAM-B에 대한 IgG는 수동적으로 흉막조직을 통해 혈청에서 흉막액으로 이동함을 제시하고 있다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2017

Moringa oleifera Lam. or munga is one of the most important plant widely cultivated in India. It belongs to family Moringaceae. This plant is widely used as nutritional herb and contains valuable pharmacological action like anti-asthmatic, anti-diabetic, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-fertility, anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, cardiovascular, anti-ulcer, CNS activity, anti-allergic, wound healing, analgesic, and antipyretic activity, Moringa oleifera Lam. The plant is also known as Horse - radish tree, Drumstick tree. Every part of this plant contains a valuable medicinal feature. It contain rich source of the vitamin A, vitamin C and milk protein. Different types of active phytoconstituents like alkaloids, protein, quinine, saponins, flavonoids, tannin, steroids, glycosides, fixed oil and fats are present. This plant is also found in the tropical regions. Some other constituents are niazinin A, niazinin B and niazimicin A, niaziminin B. The present review discusses the phytochemical composition, medicinal uses & pharmacological activity of this plant.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2004

연구배경 : IFN-${\gamma}$는 결핵균에 대한 숙주의 면역학적 방어기전에서 핵심적인 역할을 한다. 그러므로 결핵균 항원들이 IFN-${\gamma}$ 유전자 발현에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것은 결핵균에 대한 숙주의 방어기전을 밝히고 이를 이용한 백신의 개발에 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 방 법 : 결핵성 흉막염 환자의 흉수에서 얻은 림프구 배양액에 결핵균(H37Rv), PPD, Ag85B, man-LAM, ara-LAM을 첨가하여 자극한 후 림프구의 IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현 정도를 역전사 중합효소연쇄반응을 이용하여 비교하였다. 결 과 : 1) 결핵균(H37Rv)이 결핵성 흉수 림프구의 IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현을 증가시켰다. 2) 결핵균 항원 중 PPD와 Ag85B는 결핵성 흉수 림프구의 IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현을 증가시켰지만 man-LAM은 결핵성 흉수 림프구의 IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현을 억제시켰다. 3) LAM 중에서 man-LAM은 용량이 증가함에 따라 결핵성 흉수 림프구의 IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현의 억제 정도가 증가하였지만 ara-LAM의 경우 이와 같은 현상이 관찰되지 않았다. 결 론 : 결핵성 흉수 림프구의IFN-${\gamma}$ mRNA의 발현은 PPD와 Ag85B의 자극에 의해 항진되지만 man-LAM의 자극에 의해서는 억제되었다.

• Biodesign
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.136-140
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• 2017

Lam6 is a member of sterol-specific ${\underline{l}ipid$ transfer proteins ${\underline{a}}nchored$ at ${\underline{m}ebrane$ contact sites (LAMs). Lam6 localizes to the ER-mitochondria contact sites by its PH-like domain and the C-terminal transmembrane helix. Here, we purified and crystallized the Lam6 PH-like domain from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To aid crystallization of the Lam6 PH-like domain, T4 lysozyme was fused to the N-terminus of the Lam6 PH-like domain with a short dipeptide linker, GlySer. The fusion protein was crystallized under the condition of 0.1 M HEPES-HCl pH 7.0, 10% (w/v) PEG 8000, and 0.1 M $Na_3$ Citrate at 293K. X-ray diffraction data of the crystals were collected to $2.4{\AA}$ resolution using synchrotron radiation. The crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group $P2_12_12_1$ with unit cell parameters $a=59.5{\AA}$, $b=60.1{\AA}$, and $c=105.6{\AA}$. The asymmetric unit contains one T4L-Lam6 molecule with a solvent content of 58.7%. The initial attempt to solve the structure by molecular replacement using the T4 lysozyme structure was successful.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2001

Staphylokinase (SAK) was produced in B. subtilis using two different promoter systems, i.e. the P43 and sacB promoters. To maximize SAK expression in B. subtilis, fermentation control strategies for each promoter were examined. SAK, under P43, a vegetative promoter transcribed mainly by $\sigma$(sup)B containing RNA polymerase, was overexpressed at low dissolved oxygen (D.O.) levels, suggesting that the sigB operon is somewhat affected by the energy charge of the cells. The expression of SAK at the 10% D.O. level was three times higher than that at the 50% D.O. level. In the case of sacB, a sucrose-inducible promoter, sucrose feeding was used to control the induction period and induction strength. Since sucrose is hydrolyzed by two sucrose hydrolyzing enzymes in the cell and culture broth, the control strategy was based on replenishing the loss of sucrose in the culture. With continuous feeding of sucrose, WB700 (pSAKBQ), which contains the SAK gene under sacB promoter, yielded ca. 35% more SAK than the batch culture. These results present efficient promoter-dependent control strategies in B. subtilis host system for foreign protein expression.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2017

Demand for a new anti-malarial drug has been dramatically increasing in the recent years. Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (PfENR) plays a vital role in fatty acid elongation process, which now emerged as a new important target for the development of anti-microbial and anti-parasitic molecules. In the present study, 19 compounds namely alginic acid, atropine, chlorogenic acid, chrotacumine A & B, coenzyme $Q_1$, 4-coumaric acid, curcumin, ellagic acid, embelin, 5-O-methyl embelin, eugenyl glucoside, glabridin, hyoscyamine, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, rohitukine, scopolamine, tlatlancuayin and ursolic acid were evaluated on their docking behaviour on P. falciparum enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (PfENR) using Auto dock 4.2. The docking studies and binding free energy calculations exhibited that glabridin gave the highest binding energy (-8.07 kcal/mol) and 4-coumaric acid in contrast showed the least binding energy (-4.83 kcal/mol). All ligands except alginic acid, ellagic acid, hyoscyamine and glabridin interacted with Gln409 amino acid residue. Interestingly four ligands namely coenzyme $Q_1$, 4-coumaric acid, embelin and 5-O-methyl embelin interacted with Gln409 amino acid residue present in both chains (A & B) of PfENR protein. Thus, the results of this present study exhibited the potential of these 19 ligands as P. falciparum enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (PfENR) inhibitory agents and also as anti-malarial agents.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2007

The effects of angiogenesis inhibitor from the extract libraries of Korean and Chinese medicinal plants were investigated using a protein microarray chip. Protein chip was constructed by immobilization of integrin ${\alpha}_5{\beta}_1$ on protein chip base plates and employed far screening active extracts that inhibit the integrin-fibronectin interaction from the extract libraries. The 100 extracts of medicinal plants were obtained from extract bank of National Institute of Crop Science, RDA. The 14 extracts among 100 extract libraries were shown efficient inhibition activity for the interaction between integrin-fibronectin. The medicinal plants of 14 extracts were Vitex negundo var. incisa (Lam.) C.B. Clarke, Epimedium koreanum Nakai, Cedrela sinensis A. Juss, Ipomea aquatica Forsk, Schisandra chinensis Baill, Pulsatilla koreana Nakai, Paeonia lactiflora Pall. var.hortensis Makino, Oenothera odorata, Allium chinense, Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum MAKINO, Polygonatum odoratum Druce var. pluriflorum Ohwi, Hosta lancifolia, Agrimonia pilosa L. var. japonica Nakai and Potentilla chinensis SER. The Paeonia lactiflora, Oenothera, and Agrimonia pilosa from these 14 extracts libraries were shown strong inhibition activity of integrin ${\alpha}_5{\beta}_1$.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.231-236
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• 2017

Salt stress is one of the most limiting factors that reduce plant growth, development and yield. However, identification of salt-inducible genes is an initial step for understanding the adaptive response of plants to salt stress. In this study, we used an annealing control primer (ACP) based GeneFishing technique to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in Italian ryegrass seedlings under salt stress. Ten-day-old seedlings were exposed to 100 mM NaCl for 6 h. Using 60 ACPs, a total 8 up-regulated genes were identified and sequenced. We identified several promising genes encoding alpha-glactosidase b, light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein, metallothionein-like protein 3B-like, translation factor SUI, translation initiation factor eIF1, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 2 and elongation factor 1-alpha. These genes were mostly involved in plant development, signaling, ROS detoxification and salt acclimation. However, this study provides new molecular information of several genes to understand the salt stress response. These genes would be useful for the enhancement of salt stress tolerance in plants.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2017

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of single or/and double strains of probiotic supplement on feed efficiency, growth performance, and microbial population in distal gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of weaning rabbits. Methods: Sixty-four weaning (28 days old) New Zealand White rabbits were randomly distributed into four groups with treatments including: basal diet without probiotic supplement (control) or supplemented as follows: $1{\times}10^6cfu/g$ B. subtilis (BS group), $1{\times}10^7cfu/g$ L. acidophilus (LA group), or $0.5{\times}10^6cfu/g$ B. subtilis plus $0.5{\times}10^7cfu/g$ L. acidophilus (BL group). During the research, the male and female rabbits were fed separately. Body weight of the rabbits was recorded at 28, 42, and 70 d of age. Results: There was an increase (p<0.05) in body weight gain for the LA group at 42 d. Rabbits fed BL responsed with a greater growth (p<0.05) and better feed conversion ratio (p<0.05) than those fed with no probiotic. Digestibility coefficients of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, and gross energy were higher (p<0.05) in LA and BL groups than those in the control group. Male rabbits had higher (p<0.05) Bacilli spp. and Coliformis spp. in the ileum than female rabbits. Rabbits supplemented with BS had greater (p<0.05) numbers of bacilli in all intestinal segments than those receiving no probiotic, whereas intestinal Lactobacilli populations were greater (p<0.001) in the LA and BL diets compared to control. Average intestinal coliform populations were lowest (p<0.05) in the rabbits supplemented with LA as compared to those fed the control and BS. Conclusion: Supplementation of L. acidophilus alone or in combination with B. subtilis at a half of dose could enhance number of gut beneficial bacteria populations, nutrient digestibility, cecal fermentation, feed efficiency, and growth performance, but rabbits receiving only B. subtilis alone were not different from the controls without probiotic.