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Sequence Analysis of Cochlodinium polykrikoides Isolated from Korean Coastal Waters Using Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacers and 5.8S rDNA

  • Kim, Hak-Gyoon;Cho, Yong-Chul;Cho, Eun-Seob
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.158-160
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    • 2000
  • The relativity of four isolates of C. polykrikoides was determined by comparative sequence analysis based on direct sequencing of PCR amplified ribosomal DNA (the internal transcribed spacer region and the 5.8S rDNA). Sequence comparisons indicated that four isolates had the same nucleotide sites in the ITS regions, as well as a total of 585 nucleotide length and 100% homology. The molecular data revealed that C. polykrikoides in Korean coastal waters show no genetical difference.

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Molecular Cloning and Sequencing of Cell Wall Hydrolase Gene of an Alkalophilic Bacillus subtilis BL-29

  • Kim, Tae-Ho;Hong, Soon-Duck
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 1997
  • A DNA fragment containing the gene for cell wall hydrolase of alkalophilic Bacillus subtilis BL-29 was cloned into E. coli JM109 using pUC18 as a vector. A recombinant plasmid, designated pCWL45B, was contained in the fragment originating from the alkalophilic B. subtilis BL-29 chromosomal DNA by Southern hybridization analysis. The nucleotide sequence of a 1.6-kb HindIII fragment containing a cell wall hydrolase-encoding gene was determined. The nucleotide sequence revealed an open reading frame (ORF) of 900 bp with a concensus ribosome-binding site located 6 nucleotide upstream from the ATG start codon. The primary amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence revealed a putative protein of 299 amino acid residues with an M.W. of 33, 206. Based on comparison of the amino acid sequence of the ORF with amino acid sequences in the GenBank data, it showed significant homology to the sequence of cell wall amidase of the PBSX bacteriophage of B. subtilis.

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Genomic Research of the Genus Bifidobacterium and Its Application (비피도박테리아의 분자생물학적인 연구 동향)

  • Kim, Geun-Bae
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 2007
  • Recently, the field of microbiology has been transformed by huge increasing number of publicly available whole-genome sequences. This sequence information has significantly enhanced our understanding of the physiology, genetics, and evolutionary development of bacteria. Among the gastrointestinal microorganisms, bifidobacteria represent the most important human commensals because of their contribution to maintaining a balanced gastrointestinal tract microbiota. In recent years bifidobacteria have drawn much scientific attention due to their use as live bacteria in numerous food products with various health-related claims. For this reason, these bacteria constitute a growing area of interest with respect to genomics, molecular biology, and genetics. Recent genome sequencing of a number of bifidobacterial species has allowed access to the complete genetic make-up of these bacteria. This review will focus how genomic data has allowed us to understand bifidobacterial evolution, while also revealing genetic functions that explains their presence in the particular ecological environment of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Basic Concept of Gene Microarray (Gene Microarray의 기본개념)

  • Hwang, Seung Yong
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.203-207
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    • 2001
  • The genome sequencing project has generated and will continue to generate enormous amounts of sequence data including 5 eukaryotic and about 60 prokaryotic genomes. Given this ever-increasing amounts of sequence information, new strategies are necessary to efficiently pursue the next phase of the genome project-the elucidation of gene expression patterns and gene product function on a whole genome scale. In order to assign functional information to the genome sequence, DNA chip(or gene microarray) technology was developed to efficiently identify the differential expression pattern of independent biological samples. DNA chip provides a new tool for genome expression analysis that may revolutionize many aspects of biotechnology including new drug discovery and disease diagnostics.

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Genomic Research as a Means to Understand Bacterial Phylogeny and Ecological Adaptation of the Genus Bifidobacterium (Bifidobacterium의 분자생물학적 연구 동향)

  • Kim, Geun-Bae
    • 한국유가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.09a
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2007
  • The field of microbiology has in recent years been transformed by huge increasing number of publicly available whole-genome sequences. This sequence information has significantly enhanced our understanding of the physiology, genetics, and evolutionary development of bacteria. Among the gastrointestinal microorganisms, bifidobacteria represent important human commensals because of their perceived contribution to maintaining a balanced gastrointestinal tract microbiota. In recent years bifidobacteria have drawn much scientific attention due to their use as live bacteria in numerous food products with various health-related claims. For this reason, these bacteria constitute a growing area of interest with respect to genomics, molecular biology, and genetics. Recent genome sequencing of a number of bifidobacterial species has allowed access to the complete genetic make-up of these bacteria. This review will focus how genomic data has allowed us to understand bifidobacterial evolution, while also revealing genetic functions that explains their presence in the particular ecological environment of the gastrointestinal tract.

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The Roles of RUNX Family Proteins in Development of Immune Cells

  • Seo, Wooseok;Taniuchi, Ichiro
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 2020
  • The Runt-related transcription factors (RUNX) transcription factors have been known for their critical roles in numerous developmental processes and diseases such as autoimmune disorders and cancer. Especially, RUNX proteins are best known for their roles in hematopoiesis, particularly during the development of T cells. As scientists discover more types of new immune cells, the functional diversity of RUNX proteins also has been increased over time. Furthermore, recent research has revealed complicated transcriptional networks involving RUNX proteins by the current technical advances. Databases established by next generation sequencing data analysis has identified ever increasing numbers of potential targets for RUNX proteins and other transcription factors. Here, we summarize diverse functions of RUNX proteins mainly on lymphoid lineage cells by incorporating recent discoveries.

HiCORE: Hi-C Analysis for Identification of Core Chromatin Looping Regions with Higher Resolution

  • Lee, Hongwoo;Seo, Pil Joon
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.44 no.12
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    • pp.883-892
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    • 2021
  • Genome-wide chromosome conformation capture (3C)-based high-throughput sequencing (Hi-C) has enabled identification of genome-wide chromatin loops. Because the Hi-C map with restriction fragment resolution is intrinsically associated with sparsity and stochastic noise, Hi-C data are usually binned at particular intervals; however, the binning method has limited reliability, especially at high resolution. Here, we describe a new method called HiCORE, which provides simple pipelines and algorithms to overcome the limitations of single-layered binning and predict core chromatin regions with three-dimensional physical interactions. In this approach, multiple layers of binning with slightly shifted genome coverage are generated, and interacting bins at each layer are integrated to infer narrower regions of chromatin interactions. HiCORE predicts chromatin looping regions with higher resolution, both in human and Arabidopsis genomes, and contributes to the identification of the precise positions of potential genomic elements in an unbiased manner.

Penicillium vietnamense sp. nov., the First Novel Marine Fungi Species Described from Vietnam with a Unique Conidiophore Structure and Molecular Phylogeny of Penicillium Section Charlesia

  • Nguyen, Van Duy;Pham, Thu Thuy
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.155-165
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    • 2022
  • Penicillium vietnamense sp. nov. was isolated from Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam in June 2017. It is phylogenetically distinct from the sister species of Penicillium section Charlesia series Indica based on multi-locus sequence typing results using internal transcribed spacer, large subunit ribosomal RNA, b-tubulin, calmodulin, and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit regions. It showed strong growth on Czapek yeast autolysate agar at 37 ℃, a strong acid production on Creatine sucrose agar, and produced short stipes, small vesicles, and subglobose to globose conidia delicately roughened with very short ridges. As the first novel marine fungi species described from Vietnam and discovered in a unique environment, the data could be significant for understanding the taxonomy and geographical distribution of marine fungi in tropical coastal systems such as Vietnam.

PyOncoPrint: a python package for plotting OncoPrints

  • Jeongbin Park;Nagarajan Paramasivam
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.14.1-14.4
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    • 2023
  • OncoPrint, the plot to visualize an overview of genetic variants in sequencing data, has been widely used in the field of cancer genomics. However, still, there have been no Python libraries capable to generate OncoPrint yet, a big hassle to plot OncoPrints within Python-based genetic variants analysis pipelines. This paper introduces a new Python package PyOncoPrint, which can be easily used to plot OncoPrints in Python. The package is based on the existing widely used scientific plotting library Matplotlib, the resulting plots are easy to be adjusted for various needs.

Plastome Phylogenomics of Commelinaceae Mirb. (Commelinales): Insights into Genome Evolution and Phylogenetic Relationships

  • Joonhyung Jung;Joo-Hwan Kim
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2022.09a
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    • pp.69-69
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    • 2022
  • Commelinaceae (Commelinales), consist of three subfamiles and 40 genera, are distributed in the Old and New world, except Europe. This family is commonly known as dayflower and spiderwort due to their short bloom time and a viscous stem secretion. Although, several morphological and molecular analysis were conducted, the relationships among the genera are still ambiguous. The rapid advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) enable us to do genomic research widely. Here, we assembled 12 new plastomes of Commelinaceae including Cartonematoideae and compared with previously published data. We identified pseudogened accD and rpoA in Commelinoideae taxa. Phylogenetic analysis inferred from 78 protein-coding genes showed that Rhopalephora scaberrima was nested within Aneilema. Also, there is a need to revise the subtribal relationships in Tradescantieae. This study will contribute to define the genome structures, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of Commelinaceae.

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