• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.639-647
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• 2008

The heat-inducible expression vectors for Corynebacterium glutamicum and C. ammoniagenes were constructed by using the ${\lambda}O_L1$ and the cryptic promoters, CJ1 and CJ4 that express genes constitutively in C. ammoniagenes. Although the promoters were isolated from C. ammoniagenes, CJ1 and CJ4 were also active in C. glutamicum. To construct vectors, the $O_L1$ from the ${\lambda}P_L$ promoter was isolated and fused to the CJ1 and CJ4 promoters by recombinant PCR. The resulting artificial promoters, CJ1O and CJ4O, which have one ${\lambda}O_L1$, and CJ1OX2, which has two successive ${\lambda}O_L1$, were fused to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene followed by subcloning into pCES208. The expression of GFP in the corynebacteria harboring the vectors was regulated successfully by the temperature-sensitive cI857 repressor. Among them, C. ammoniagenes harboring plasmid pCJ1OX2G containing GFP fused to CJ1OX2 showed more GFP than the other ones and the expression was tightly regulated by the repressor. To construct the generally applicable expression vector using the plasmid pCJ1OX2G, the His-tag, enterokinase (EK) moiety, and the MCS were inserted in front of the GFP gene. Using the vector, the expression of pyrR from C. glutamicum was tried by temperature shift-up. The results indicated that the constructed vectors (pCeHEMG) can be successfully used in the expression and regulation of foreign genes in corynebacteria.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2000년도 국제심포지움 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.45-67
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• 2000

2-Amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx) is a mutagenic and carcinogenic heterocyclic amino found in cooked meat. The in vivo mutagenicity and hepatocarcinogenicity of MeIQx were examined in mice harboring the lacZ mutation reporter gene ($Muta^{TM}$ Mice) and bitransgenic mice over-expressing the c-myc oncogene. C57B1/$\lambda$lacZ and bitransgenic c-myc (albumin promoter)/$\lambda$lacZ mice were bred and weaned onto an AIN-76 based diet containing $0.06\%$ (w/w) MeIQx or onto control diet. After 30 weeks on diet, only male bitransgenic mice on MeIQx developed hepatocellular carcinoma ($100\%$ incidence) indicating that there was synergism between c-myc over-expression and MeIQx. By 40 weeks, hepatic tumor incidence was $100\%$ ($17\%$) and $44\%$ ($0\%$) in male c-myc/$\lambda$lacZ and C57B1/$\lambda$lacZ mice given MeIQx (or control) diet, respectively, indicating that either MeIQx or c-myc over-expression alone eventually induced hepatic tumors. At either time point, mutant frequency in the lacZ gene was at least 40-fold higher in MeIQx-treated mice than in control mice of either strain. These findings suggest that MeIQx-induced hepatocarcinogenesis is associated with MeIQx-induced mutations. Elevated mutant frequency in MeIQx-treated mice also occurred concomitant with the formation of MeIQx-guanine adducts as detected by the $^{32}P$-postlabeling assay. Irrespective of strain or diet, sequence analysis of the lacZ mutants from male mouse liver showed that the principal sequence alteration was a single guanine-base substitution. Adenine mutations, however, were detected only in animals on control diet. MeIQx-fed mice harboring the c-myc oncogene showed a l.4-2.6-fold higher mutant frequency in the lacZ gene than mice not carrying the transgene. Although there was a trend toward higher adduct levels in c-myc mice, MeIQx-DNA adduct levels were not significantly different between c-myc/$\lambda$lacZ and C57B1/$\lambda$lacZ mice after 30 weeks on diet. Thus, it appeared that factors in addition to MeIQx-DNA adduct levels, such as the enhance rate of proliferation associated with c-myc over-expression, may have accounted for a higher mutant frequency in c-myc mice. In the control diet groups, the lacZ mutant frequency was significantly higher in c-myc/$\lambda$lacZ mice than in 057B1/$\lambda$1acZ mice. The findings are consistent with the notion that c-myc over-expression is associated with an increase in mutagenesis. The mechanism for the synergistic effects of c-myc over-expression on MeIQx hepatocarcinogenicity appears to involve an enhancement of MeIQx-induced mutations.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2005

Under the condition of expression of $\lambda$ P protein at lethal level, the oriC DNA-binding activity is significantly affected in wild-type E. coli but not in the rpl mutant. In purified system, the $\lambda$ P protein inhibits the binding of both oriC DNA and ATP to the wild-type DnaA protein but not to the rpl DnaA protein. We conclude that the $\lambda$ P protein inhibits the binding of oriC DNA and ATP to the wild-type DnaA protein, which causes the inhibition of host DNA synthesis initiation that ultimately leads to bacterial death. A possible beneficial effect of this interaction of $\lambda$ P protein with E. coli DNA initiator protein DnaA for phage DNA replication has been proposed.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.88-91
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• 1996

The anaerobically expressed gene aeg-46.5, which had been identified by the operon fusion technique with a hybrid bacteriophage of ${\lambda}$ and Mu, ${\lambda}$placMu53, was studied for its expression pattern and growth. The expression of aeg-46.5 was studied in the wild-type cell and mutant cells that have mutation (s) in the control gene of anaerobic respiration (fnr) and nitrate response (narL and narP). The ${\beta}$-galactosidase reporter gene showed maximum expression in narL host after two hours of aerobic to anaerobic switch in M9-Glc-nitrate medium. Both 40 mM and 100 mM concentrations of nitrate ion in the medium had little effect on expression level. We propose that aeg-46.5 is subject to multiple regulations of anaerobic activation by Fnr, nitrate activation by NarP and repression mediated by NarL.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2023

자바의 최신 기능인 함수 인터페이스와 람다식에 대한 의미구조를 명세하는 것은 향후 유사한 기능을 설계할 때 참고할 수 있고 표준화하는 과정이나 최적화된 번역기를 구현하는 과정에서도 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 자바의 함수 인터페이스와 람다식에 대한 의미구조를 표현하기 위해 기존의 작용식을 수정하고 업그레이드해서 함수 인터페이스와 람다식의 정적·동적 의미구조를 표현하는 작용식 3.0을 새롭게 제시한다. 작용식 3.0에 명세된 의미구조를 자바로 구현해 자바 프로그램들에 대한 실행시간을 측정하고 시뮬레이션을 통해 작용식 3.0이 구현가능한 실제적인 의미구조 명세법인 것을 입증한다. 판독성(Readability) 측면, 모듈성(Modularity) 측면, 확장성(Extensibility) 측면, 융통성(Flexibility) 측면에서 대표적인 의미구조 표현법과 작용식 3.0을 비교하여 작용식 3.0의 우월성을 확인하고자 한다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.112-115
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• 2005

본 연구는 장시간의 산업적인 연속 배양에서 문제가 되는 플라즈미드 불안정성을 극복하기 위해서 박테리오 파아지람다를 벡터로 이용하였다. 또한, 벡터의 안정성과 생산성을 높이기 위해서 용균과 ${\lambda}DNA$패키징이 결핍된 돌연변이 람다를 선별하였다. 이 돌연변이 람다는 온도 전환에 의해서 단백질이 생산되는 온도 민감성 돌연변이 cI유전자를 가지고 있기 때문에 재조합 단백질 생산, ${\lambda}DNA$ 복제,숙주 세포의 안정성 등이 lytic상태로의 전환을 유도하는 온도에 영향을 받게 된다. $36^{\circ}C$의 배양 온도는 lytic으로 전환이 잘 되지 않았고, $40^{\circ}C$ 이상의 배양 온도는 완전한 lytic상태를 유도하였다. 그러나$42^{\circ}C$의 배양 온도에서는 생산성이 감소되는 온도 저해 효과가 관찰되었다. 온도가 증가할수록 박테리오 파아지가 들어 있지 않는 대장균의 수는 증가하였고,이것은 새로운 파아지를 만들 수 있는 박테리오 파이지를 사용하여 재감염을 시키면 완화될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 결과적으로 단위 세포당 발현량은 $40^{\circ}C$에서 최대를 나타내었고, 안정성이나 총 발현량의 관점에서는 $38^{\circ}C$가 최적의 온도로 관찰되었다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.93-97
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• 1997

Linoleic acid를 linolenic acid로 전환시키는 지방산불포화효소의 유전자(fad3)를 유채의 fad3 DNA probe를 이용한 plaque hybridization방법으로 $\lambda$ZAPII Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA expression library로부터 분리하였으며 1.8 kb-EcoRI DNA조각을 지니는 lambda clone을 pGEM7으로 subcloning하여 염기서열을 분석하였다. 그 결과로부터의 아미노산서열분석에 의하면 fad3 유전자는 open reading frame이 386개의 아미노산으로 이루어졌으며 44,075 Da의 분자량이 예측되고 있다. 엽록체의 $\omega$-3 지방산불포화효소(fad7)와 endoplasmic reticulum의 지방산불포화효소(fad2)와의 비교시 각각 70%와 58%의 유사성이 나타났다. 특히 82-151의 아미노산서열과 276-333의 아미노산지역은 보존성이 높았으며 이는 불포화지방산효소의 기능에 필수적인 지역으로 보여진다. 한편 대장균을 이용한 IPTG에 의한 Fad3단백질의 유도생성은 대장균의 생육에 독성효과를 나타내는 것으로 나타났다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.227-234
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• 2003

Background: Immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain repertoire has been implicated as a critical determinant in regulation of autoreactive B cells and production of pathogenic anti-DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We analyzed the impact of Ig ${\lambda}$ chain repertoire on development of autoimmunity in patients with SLE. Methods: We obtained genomic DNA from individual peripheral CD19+ B cells of 3 untreated active SLE patients, and amplified $V{\lambda}$ rearrangements from each single cell by polymerase chain reaction. Results: A total number of 208 $V{\lambda}J{\lambda}$ rearrangements were analyzed. Analyzed sequences included 158 productive rearrangements and 50 nonproductive rearrangements. The differences in $V{\lambda}$ gene usage in the productive and nonproductive repertoire of SLE patients were found compared to the non-autoimmune individuals. $V{\lambda}$ gene, 9A was significantly overrepresented in nonproducative repertoire of SLE patients (P=0.016). In the productive repertoire, $V{\lambda}$ genes, 3L and 1E were found more often in the SLE patients (P=0.001, P=0.043). When the productive and the nonproductive repertoires were compared, 9A was found significantly less in the productive repertoire in the SLE patients (P=0.000). There were no significant differences in the $J{\lambda}$ gene usage between SLE patients and non-autoimmune individuals, but $J{\lambda}2/3$ gene was the most frequently used in SLE, whereas $J{\lambda}7$ gene was the most frequently used in the normal subjects. In the productive SLE $V{\lambda}$ repertoire, 9.4% of the total sequences employed identical CDR3. It was particularly striking to find 7 identical versions of the 1G-$J{\lambda}2/3$ $V{\lambda}J{\lambda}$ rearrangements from one patient and 3 of the same sequence from another patient. Notably, identical $V{\lambda}$ junctions in the SLE patients utilized significantly more homologous joining compared to $V{\lambda}$ junctions of the normal adults (P=0.044). Conclusion: These data demonstrate regulation of ${\lambda}$ light chain expression in the SLE patients by selection of unique $V{\lambda}$ genes. Also, biased selection and clonal expansion of particular $V{\lambda}$ rearrangements are apparent in the SLE ${\lambda}$ repertoire.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.784-788
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• 1995

The lambda Integrase (Int) carries out site-specific recombination between the two partner DNA sequences, attachment P (attP) and attachment B (attB). In order to study the recombination mechanism, a large quantity of pure integrase is required. Then, we constructed an int gene inserted recombinant plasmid (pNYL3) by using the pQE31 HIS-Tag vector, and produced the fusion protein, 6xHIS-Int from the E. coli TG1 strain carrying the pNYL3 plasmid. The recombinant protein produced was purified by phosphocellulose and Ni$^{++}$-NTA affinity column chromatographies. The result of the in vitro recombination assay using the standard reaction mixture containing 6xHIS-Int and partially purified integration host factor (IHF) showed that the 6xHIS-Int tagged recombination Integrase had the full recombination activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 1995

Endoglucanase gene of Pseudomonas sp. LBC505 was previously cloned in pUC19 to yield plasmid pLCl. The Pseudomonas sp. LBC505 endoglucanase gene was subcloned in a temperature-regulated Es-cherichia coli expression vector, pAS1, containing the leftward promoter $P_L$ of bacteriophage lambda. The level of gene expression was controlled by the thermal inactivation of the heat-sensitive lambda cI857 repressor. Best yield of endoglucanase was obtained by lowering the incubation temperature to $37^{\circ}C$ after induction at $42^{\circ}C$ for 1h. Under these conditions enzyme production continued for about 5h at a gradually decreasing rate. Ecoli harboring recombinant plasmid pASC10 expressed 4.3 times as much CMCase activity as E.coli containing pLCl. To enhance the expression level of endogl, ucanase gene, we have also changed the presumptive Shine-Dalgamo sequence (AGAGGT) of the gene to consensus sequence (AGGAGGT) by site-directed mutagenesis. The genes mutated were subcloned in pASl resulting in the formation of recombinant plasmid pASS50. E.coli harboring the plasmid pASS50 expressed 6.2-fold higher levels of CMCase activity than that of E.coli harboring pLC1.