• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.801-807
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• 1998

Taurine content in Korean foods of plant origin was determined for 118 commonly used food items including cereals, potatoes, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables and fruits. Taurine concentration in food sample was analyzed using an automated amino acid analyzer(Biochrom 20, Pharmacia LKB) based on ion-exchange chromatography. Taurine was frequently detected in plant kingdom in much lower concentrations(1/100~1/1000) than those found in marine lifes and mammals. Glutinous rice, glutinous millent and sorghum did not contain taurine, while 0.7~3.9mg taurine/100g dry wt were detected in rice, barley and their products. Potatoes and sweet potatoes contained 0.3~1.2mg taurine/100g wet wt, and seasame seeds, perilla seeds, almonds, walnuts and gigko nuts contained 0.7~3.0mg taurine/100g wt. Taurine concentration was undetectable in most of the pulses, and in a large number of vegetables. Garlic bulbs, eggplants, green peppers, lotus roots, and cabbages have a relatively high level of taurine(around 1mg taurine/100g wet wt) among vegetables. Taurine was absent or found in very low levels(<1mg taurine/100g wet wt) in most of the commonly used fruits.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.5-20
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• 2024

This study examines how ecological impacts are addressed in the siting processes of European countries that are international leaders in offshore wind energy, and draws implications for Korea. The United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark are the countries with the most offshore wind installations after China. These European countries conduct strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) and appropriate assessments (AAs) at both the overall site planning stage and the individual site decision stage to evaluate ecological impacts from offshore wind power. In the UK, the SEA and AA for offshore wind are conducted separately at different stages of the siting process. Germany has three siting stages, and the Netherlands and Denmark have two siting stages, each of which includes both an SEA and an AA. Compared to the SEA, which assesses overall ecological impacts, the AA is limited to impacts on Natura 2000 sites, a network of protected areas for species and habitats. The ecological impacts of offshore wind are examined for birds, bats, marine mammals, fish, and benthic organisms.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2003

Kongsfjorden near Korean Arctic Station, Dasan, is a glacial fjord in the Svalbard archipelago, Arctic that is influenced by both Atlantic and Arctic water masses. During the Arctic field season August 2002, surface temperature, salinity, density, and phytoplankton biomass (chi a) was measured in Kongsfjorden. A total of 15 surface samples were collected for the phytoplankton related measurements. Chl a values ranged from 0.08 to 1.4mg chi a $m^{-3}$ (mean of 0.53mg chl a $m^{-3}$) in the overall surface stations. The highest values of the chi a concentrations (> 1.0mg chi a $m^{-3}$) were found near glacier in the northeastern part of Kongsfjorden. Nanoplanktonic (< $20{\mu}m$) phytoflagellates were important contributors for the increase of the chi a. The nano-sized phytoflagellates accounted for more than 90% of the total chi a biomass in the study area. Surface temperatures and salinities ranged from 2.5 to $7.18^{\circ}C$ (mean of $4.65^{\circ}C$) and from 22.55 to 32.97 psu (mean of 30.16 psu), respectively. The physical factors were not highly correlated with phytoplankton distribution. The character of surface water due to down-fjord wind was highly similar to phytoplankton distribution. Drifting ice, freshwater, and semdiment inputs from large tidal glaciers located in the inner part of Konsfjorden create steep physico- and biogeochemical environmental gradients along the length of this ford. The glacial inputs cause reduced biodiversity biomass and productivity in the pelagic community in the inner fjord. Primary production of benthic and pelagic microalgae is reduced due to the limited light levels in the turbid and mixed inner waters. The magnitude of glacial effects diminishes towards the outer fjord. Kongsfjorden is an important feeding ground fer marine mammals and seabirds. Especially, seabirds play the largest energy intake and also export nutrients for primary production of the marine microalgae. Kongsfjorden has received a lot of research attention as a site for exploring the impacts of climate changes. Dasan Station in Kongsfjorden will be an important Arctic site for monitoring and detecting future environmental changes.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

Neurokinin B (NKB) and neurokinin B related peptide (NKBRP) belong to tachykinin peptide family. They act as a neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator. Mutation of NKB and/or its cognate receptor, NK3R resulted in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in mammals, implying a strong involvement of NKB/NK3R system in controlling mammalian reproduction. Teleosts possess NKBRP as well as NKB, but their roles in fish reproduction need to be clarified. In this study, NKB and NKBRP coding gene (tac3) was cloned from Nile tilapia and sequenced. Based on the sequence, Nile tilapia NKB and NKBRP peptide were synthesized and their biological potencies were tested in vitro pituitary culture. The synthetic NKBRP showed direct inhibitory effect on the expression of GTH subunits at the pituitary level. This inhibitory effect was confirmed in vivo by means of intraperitoneal (ip) injection of synthetic NKB and NKBRP to mature female tilapia (20 pmol/g body weight [BW]). Both NKB and NKBRP had no effect on the plasma level of sex steroids, E2 and 11-KT. However, NKBRP caused declines of expression level of GnRH I, Kiss2 and tac3 mRNAs in the brain while NKB seemed to have no distinct effect. These results indicate some inhibitory roles of NKBRP in reproduction of mature female Nile tilapia, although their exact functions are not clear at the moment.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.579-584
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• 2006

제주도의 후기 플라이스토세 퇴적층에서 깃털 화석을 발견하여 기재하였다. 수심이 얕은 바닷가에서 퇴적된 이 퇴적층에서는 사람 발자국을 포함하여 다양한 새 발자국 화석과 포유류 발자국 화석이 풍부하게 산출되었다. 담회색 이암에 밝은 색의 얇은 막으로 잘 보존된 깃털 화석은 깃 판(vane)이 있는 깃털의 일부분이다. 비록 표본의 크기가 길이 10.3 mm, 폭 9.0 mm로 비교적 작지만, 깃대 양쪽에 두 개의 편평한 깃판(vane), 거의 나란하게 휘어진 깃 가지(barbs)그리고 수많은 전면과 후면의 작은 깃 가지(barbules)들이 잘 보존되어 있다. 이 깃털 화석은 국내에서 최초로 발견되어 기재된 것이며 또한 전 세계의 플라이스토세 퇴적층에서도 처음으로 발견된 것이다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2015

Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite of the phylum Apicomplexa, can infect all warm-blooded vertebrates, including humans, livestock, and marine mammals. The aim of this study was to investigate whether superoxide dismutase (SOD) of T. gondii can be used as a new marker for genetic study or a potential vaccine candidate. The partial genome region of the SOD gene was amplified and sequenced from 10 different T. gondii isolates from different parts of the world, and all the sequences were examined by PCR-RFLP, sequence analysis, and phylogenetic reconstruction. The results showed that partial SOD gene sequences ranged from 1,702 bp to 1,712 bp and A + T contents varied from 50.1% to 51.1% among all examined isolates. Sequence alignment analysis identified total 43 variable nucleotide positions, and these results showed that 97.5% sequence similarity of SOD gene among all examined isolates. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these SOD sequences were not an effective molecular marker for differential identification of T. gondii strains. The research demonstrated existence of low sequence variation in the SOD gene among T. gondii strains of different genotypes from different hosts and geographical regions.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1575-1580
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• 2010

최근 수중 생물체의 특성과 운동성을 가진 생체 모방형 수중로봇의 모방연구가 활발히 진행 되고 있다. 본 논문은 수중에서 기동성과 항해성이 우수한 가오리류 어류 움직임을 모방하여 날개 짓에 의한 속도 및 이동거리를 수치적으로 연구하고자 한다. 유체-구조 연성해석의 방법을 사용하여 3 차원 해석을 실시하였으며, 날개 짓에 의한 큰 변형을 보정하고자 격자 재생성 기능을 사용하였다. 실제 가오리는 날개 진동수에 의해 추진력에 가장 큰 영향을 받는다. 이를 바탕으로 실제 가오리의 움직임과 관련된 파라미터를 이용하여 진동수 및 진폭의 변화에 대하여 최대의 추진력을 갖는 날개의 움직임을 연구하고자 한다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.704-713
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• 2018

Globally, the survival of many marine mammals is threatened by entanglement in fishing gear and there is also a high bycatch in Korea. This study analyzed the bycatch data of most cetacean species for Korean waters from 2011 to 2017, including the narrow-ridged finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis, common dolphin Delphinus delphis, common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata, and Pacific white-sided dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens. A total of 12,262 cetaceans were captured as bycatch. In the Yellow and South Seas, the main species affected was the narrow-ridged finless porpoise, with 82.9% caught in stow nets and 11.5% captured in trawls. In the East Sea, the common minke whale, common dolphin, and Pacific white-sided dolphin were reported. The main common minke whale bycatch (43.5%) was in set nets, while common dolphins (49.0%) and Pacific white-sided dolphins (91.4%) were mainly caught in gill nets. The narrow-ridged finless porpoise, common dolphin, and common minke whale were most commonly reported in March, April, and May, while the Pacific white-sided dolphin was most frequently captured as bycatch in January and December. Each of these factors (season and gear responsible for bycatch) depended on the characteristics of the cetacean species. To conserve cetaceans, it is necessary to reduce the bycatch.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1149-1155
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• 2011

성장과 분화를 조절하는 인자인 myostatin은 포유류에서 주로 골격근에 분포하며 근육성장을 억제하는 것으로 알려져 있다. Myostatin은 포유류에서뿐만 아니라 어류에 있어서도 그 기능이 유사하며 본 연구에서는 넙치와 조피볼락 유래 재조합 myostatin 단백질을 생산하여 시마연어에 침지방법을 통해 처리하였다. 처리 결과 시마연어의 무게와 생화학 분석에서는 유의성이 나타날 정도의 증가는 없었지만 근(muscle) 조직학적 분석에서 넙치와 조피볼락 유래 재조합 myostatin prodomain에 의해 12주째에는 세포의 수가 증가하는 hyperplasia가 일어났으며 22주째에는 조피볼락 유래의 재조합 myostatin prodomain을 처리한 군에서만 hypertrophy가 일어났다. 결론적으로 어류 유래 재조합 myostatin prodomain이 시마연어 근육성장 시 hyperplasia와 hypertrophy가 순차적으로 유도되는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.284-292
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• 2018

멜라닌 농축 호르몬(melanin-concentrating hormone, MCH)은 17개의 아미노산으로 구성된 환형의 시상하부 펩티드로 색소 침착의 조절인자로서 연어에서 처음 분리되었다. 포유동물의 MCH는 19개의 아미노산으로 구성되어 있으며 섭식 및 에너지 항상성을 조절하는데 관여한다. 본 연구에서는 양식넙치의 다양한 조직에서 MCH 유전자의 발현 분포, 멜라닌 함유 세포의 집적, 포유동물 MCH 수용체와 양식넙치 MCH의 상호작용을 조사하였다. Real-time qPCR을 이용하여 뇌, 정소, 난소에서 MCH 유전자의 발현이 나타나는 것을 확인하였고, 수정 후 발달 단계에서도 MCH 유전자의 발현을 확인할 수 있었다. 합성된 연어 sMCH, 포유류 hMCH, 양식넙치 fMCH, dN-fMCH, dC-fMCH를 양식 넙치의 표피에 처리했을 때 다양한 농도에 따라 멜라닌 함유 세포의 집적이 다양하게 나타났다. 연어 sMCH, 포유류 hMCH에 비해 양식넙치 fMCH의 멜라닌 함유세포의 집적도가 36~99.85%로 비역가를 나타났으나 양식넙치 dN-fMCH, dC-fMCH를 처리한 경우 양식넙치 fMCH에 비해 높은 농도에서 집적이 나타나고 짧은 시간에 분산되었다. 또한, 인간 MCH 수용체와 쥐 MCH 수용체가 발현된 포유동물의 세포주에 양식넙치 fMCH를 처리하여 각 수용체와 결합하는 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 어류에서 발현되는 MCH가 포유동물의 MCH와 유사한 구조를 가지고 있어 MCH 수용체에 대한 새로운 리간드로서 제공될 수 있으며, 향후 어류의 MCH 수용체에 확대 적용할 수 있을 것이다.