• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2014

가금 사육 프로그램에서 경제적으로 중요한 형질에 잠재적인 후보 유전자의 식별 및 활용은 점점 더 중요해지고 있다. Ovocalyxin-32(OCX-32) 유전자는 닭의 9번 염색체에 위치하며, 난각을 형성하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 한국 재래닭의 OCX-32 유전자 내 SNP의 유전자형 결정과 산란 형질과의 연관성을 분석하기 위해 수행하였다. PCR-RFLP 방법을 통해 한국 오골계 46수, 백색 46수, 회색 43수, 흑색 46수를 포함한 총 181수의 한국 재래닭 암컷 4종의 SNP을 분석하였다. 산란 형질은 시산일령, 시산난중, 산란율, 난중의 4가지 항목을 포함하여 측정하였다. OCX-32 유전자 내 c.494A>C SNP은 오골계의 산란율과 유의적인 차이를 나타냈으며(p<0.001), 백색 재래닭에서는 난중과 유의적인 상관관계가 있었다(p<0.05). c.267T>G SNP은 오골계의 난중과 유의적인 연관성이 나타났다(p<0.05). 하지만 회색과 흑색 재래닭에서는 유의적인 상관관계가 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구 결과, 한국 재래닭의 사육 프로그램에서 산란형질을 선발하는 마커로 사용되기까지 추후 더 많은 개체군을 통한 연구가 요구되나, OCX-32 유전자 내 c.494A>C와 c.267T>G의 단일염기변이가 한국 재래닭 중 오골계와 백색 재래닭에서 산란 특성에 따른 DNA 선발 마커로서 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2008

A peculiar virus-like disease of tomato showing yellow mosaic and necrotic spots on leaves and necrosis on veins, petioles and stems was observed at the Tomato Experimental Station (TES), Buyeo, Chungcheongnamdo, Korea. The disease incidence at TES fields ranged from 21 to 35% infecting different tomato cultivars. For this reason, to identify the virus infecting tomato and to characterize the virus based on biology, serology, cytology and at molecular level. Here, leaf samples were randomly collected from different infected tomato cultivars at TES fields and greenhouses and tested by ELISA using Pepper mottle virus (PePMoV) and Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) antisera. Infected saps were mechanically inoculated in different host plants to test for pathogenicity, symptomatology and host ranges. Infected tissues and ultrathin sections were examined by electron microscopy. Finally, putative coat protein and 3'-untranslated region (CP/3'-UTR) fragment was amplified and cloned for sequence determination and analyzed its genetic relationship to existing PepMoV and PVY sequences at the Genbank. Results showed 69% of the samples were positive with PepMoV, 13% with ToMV and 19 % were doubly infected with PepMoV and ToMV. Symptoms greatly varied from different host plants inoculated with tomato leaf sap infected with PepMoV alone and discussed in detailed in this paper. Electron microscopy from infected tissues showed filamentous particles of 720-750nm in length, a typical morphology and size of PepMoV. In addition, cylindrical inclusion bodies, pinwheels, scrolls and laminates with masses of fibrillar inclusions were also found in ultrathin sections. Alignment of the sequences of the CP/3'-UTR revealed >96% sequence identity with PepMoV and only <61% with PVY. Taken together, all these evidences presented clearly indicated that the causal agent infecting tomato at TES was PepMoV and we designated this PepMoV infecting tomato as Tom-sd2 strain in this study.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.401-418
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• 2000

1. Production of the artificial zeolite from coal ash Coal fly ash is mainly composed of several oxides including $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ derived from inorganic compounds remained after burning. As minor components, $Fe_2O_3$ and oxides of Mg, Ca, P, Ti (trace) are also contained in the ash. These components are presented as glass form resulting from fusion in the process of the combustion of coal. In other word, coal ash may refer to a kind of aluminosilicate glass that is known to easily change to zeolite-like materials by hydrothermal reaction. Lots of hot seawater is disposing near thermal power plants after cooling turbine generator periodically. Using seawater in the hydrothermal reaction caused to produce low price artificial zeolite by reduction of sodium hydroxide consumption, heating energy and water cost. As coal ash were reacted hydrothermally, peaks of quartz and mullite in the ash were weakened and disappeared, and new Na-Pl peaks were appeared strengthily. Si-O-Si bonding of the bituminous coal ash was changed to Si-O-Al (and $Fe^{3+}$) bonding by the reaction. Therefore the produced Na-Pl type zeolite had high CEC of 276.7 $cmol^+{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ and well developed molecular sieve structure with low concentration of heavy metals. 2. Utilization of the artificial zeolite in agro-environment The artificial zeolite(1g) could remove 123.5 mg of zinc, 164.7 mg copper, 184.4 mg cadmium and 350.6 mg lead in the synthetic wastewater. The removability is higher 2.8 times in zinc, 3.3 times in copper, 4.7 times in cadmium and 4.8 times in lead than natural zeolite and charcoal powder. When the heavy metals were treated at the ratio of 150 $kg{\cdot}ha^{-1}$ to the rice plant, various growth inhibition were observed; brownish discoloration and death of leaf sheath, growth inhibition in culm length, number of panicles and grains, grain ripening and rice yield. But these growth inhibition was greatly alleviated by the application of artificial zeolite, therefore, rice yield increased $1.1{\sim}3.2$ times according to the metal kind. In addition, the concentration of heavy metals in the brown rice also lowered by $27{\sim}75%$. Artificial Granular Zeolites (AGZ) was developed for the purification of wastewater. Canon exchange capacity was 126.8 $cmol^+{\cdot}kg^{-1}$. AGZ had Na-Pl peaks mainly with some minor $C_3S$ peaks in X-ray diffractogram. In addition, AGZs had various pore structure that may be adhere the suspended solid and offer microbiological niche to decompose organic pollutants. AGZ could remove ammonium, orthophosphate and heavy metals simultaneously. Mixing ratio of artificial zeolite in AGZs was related positively with removal efficiency of $NH_4\;^+$ and negatively with that of $PO_4\;^{3-}$. Root growth of rice seedling was inhibited severely in the mine wastewater because of strong acidity and high concentration of heavy metals. As AGZ(1 kg) stayed in the wastewater(100L) for 4days, water quality turned into safely for agricultural usage and rice seedlings grew normally.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1386-1392
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• 2008

A gene (sll0158) putatively encoding a glycogen branching enzyme (GBE, E.C. 2.4.1.18) was cloned from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, and the recombinant protein expressed and characterized. The PCR-amplified putative GBE gene was ligated into a pET-21a plasmid vector harboring a T7 promoter, and the recombinant DNA transformed into a host cell, E. coli BL21(DE3). The IPTG-induced enzymes were then extracted and purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The putative GBE gene was found to be composed of 2,310 nucleotides and encoded 770 amino acids, corresponding to approx. 90.7 kDa, as confirmed by SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF-MS analyses. The optimal conditions for GBE activity were investigated by measuring the absorbance change in iodine affinity, and shown to be pH 8.0 and $30^{\circ}C$ in a 50 mM glycine-NaOH buffer. The action pattern of the GBE on amylose, an $\alpha$-(1,4)-linked linear glucan, was analyzed using high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) after isoamylolysis. As a result, the GBE displayed $\alpha$-glucosyl transferring activity by cleaving the $\alpha$-(1,4)-linkages and transferring the cleaved maltoglycosyl moiety to form new $\alpha$-(1,6)-branch linkages. A time-course study of the GBE reaction was carried out with biosynthetic amylose (BSAM; $M_p{\cong}$8,000), and the changes in the branch-chain length distribution were evaluated. When increasing the reaction time up to 48 h, the weight- and number-average DP ($DP_w$ and $DP_n$) decreased from 19.6 to 8.7 and from 17.6 to 7.8, respectively. The molecular size ($M_p$, peak $M_w{\cong}2.45-2.75{\times}10^5$) of the GBE-reacted product from BSAM reached the size of amylose (AM) in botanical starch, yet the product was highly soluble and stable in water, unlike AM molecules. Thus, GBE-generated products can provide new food and non-food applications, owing to their unique physical properties.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2011

기존 보고된 바에 의하면 한국 자생 버뮤다그래스는 군집 내에서 형태학, 생육 특성, 세포학적 특성에 대해 유전적으로 매우 다양한 변이를 보여주었다. 버뮤다그래스의 염색체 수와 핵 DNA 량에 따르면 배수성 수준의 범위가, 3배 체(2n=3x), 4배체(2n=4x), 5배체(2n=5x), 6배체(2n=6x)로 나타났었다. 본 연구에서는 한국에서 휴면이 유도되는저온과 짧은 일장에 대한 항산화효소(superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase)의 다양한 반응과 각 버뮤다그래스 세포형의 세포막 안정성을 조사하였다. 모든 항산화효소는 휴면 기간동안 높게 나타났으나, 과산화수소를 물과 산소 분자로 변환시키는 헴기를 함유한 카탈라제는 6배체 버뮤다그래스를 제외한 세 개의 세포형에서 휴면이 개시되기 전에 활성화되었다. 상대적으로 세엽이며 생육속도가 빠른3배체와 4배체는 superoxide dismutase와 peroxidase 효소의 활성이 증가됨을 확인하였다. 수산기를 가진 라디칼에 의해 손상을 받은 세포막에서 지질과산화의 산물인 말론디알데히드(MDA)는 온도가 감소함에 따라 모든 세포형에서 증가되었고, 방어적인 항산화효소를 더 갖고 있는 3배체와 4배체는 MDA 생산이 현저하게 더 낮게 나타났다. 전해질 유출은 5배체와 6배체에서 더 높았던 것과 유사하게, 저온이 적용될 때 외견상으로 세포막에 더 손상을 받는 것 같았다. 실험 결과, 서로 다른 세포형(cytotype)의 항산화 반응은 유전적으로 특이적이며, 이는 버뮤다그래스에서 저온 저항성과의 연관성을 분자 수준에서 더 연구하는 것이 필요하다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.22-28
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• 1998

기질 화합물로써 26종의 2-thienyl 및 2-furyl 등 헤테로 고리($R_{l}$)가 치환된 방향족 ${\alpha},{\beta}$-불포화 케톤 유도체를 합성하고 벼도열병균(Pyricularia oryzae)과 토마토 역병균(Phytophtora infestans) 및 보리횐가루병균(Erysiphe graminis)에 대한 항균활성을 측정하여 치환($R_{2}$)-phenyl backbone의 변화에 따른 물리화학 상수들 사이의 정량적 구조-활성관계 (QSAR)를 검토하였다. 2-thienyl 치환체, 1-10의 벼도열병균에 대한 항균활성은 공명효과(R>0)와 분자굴절상수$M_{R}<0$)가 토마토 역병균의 경우에는 공명효과(R<0)와 입체효과(Es>0) 그리고 보리횐가루병균에 대하여는 치환기의 길이 ($L_{lopt.}=5.54{\AA}$)에 의존적이었다. 2-furyl 치환체, 11-26은 벼도열병균과 보리횐가루병균에 대하여는 공통적으로 적정값의 장효과 ($F_{opt}=0.49{\sim}l.11$)가 그리고 토마토 역병균에 대하여는 적정값의 입체효과($Es_{opt}=1.78$)와 지시변수들이 항균활성을 개선하는 요인으로 각각 영향을 미친다는 사실을 알았다. 그리고 2-thienyl 치환체들의 벼도열병균과 토마토 역병균에 대한 항균활성은 반비례 관계를 보이는 경향이었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.451-456
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• 1995

CM-chitin 분자의 고유특성을 규명하기 위하여 물성학적 방법으로 저농도 용액에서의 CM-chitin의 고유특성인 사슬배좌와 전해질 거동에 대하여 조사하였다. 비교란 상태에서 CM-chitin 사슬의 양단간 거리는 $127{\AA}$효에서 $113{\AA}$으로 분자량이 작을수록 양단간 거리는 좁혀지는 경향을 보였다 회전반경의 경우에도 $52{\AA}$에서 $46{\AA}$으로 양단간 거리와 같은 경향을 보였다. 팽창인자는 분자량에 관계없이 거의 일정하게 나타났으며, 결합사슬의 길이는 $14.5{\AA}$이었다. 그리고 교란 상태에서 CM-chitin의 Flory 점도상수는 $2.35\times10^{21}$이었다. CM-chitin의 이온강도에 따른 고유점도의 변화에 있어서 이온강도가 0.02일 때 고유점도는 1.95d1/g이었으며, 이온강도 1.0일 때는 고유점도가 1.06dl/g로 이온강도가 증가함에 따라 고유점도는 감소하는 경향을 보여 CM-chitin이 전해질임이 확인되었다. 그리고 전하를 완전히 제거한 상태에서의 CM-chitin의 고유점도$([\eta]_\infty)$는 0.91dl/g이었다. 한편 사슬의 유연성은 k-carrageenan과 거의 같은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.10-20
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• 2011

한반도 고유종인 묵납자루(Acheilognathus signifer)로부터 metallothionein(MT) 유전자를 분리하고 그 유전자 구조와 발현 특징을 분석하였다. 묵납자루 MT cDNA는 20개의 시스테인(cysteines)을 포함한 60개의 아미노산을 암호화하고 있었고, 이들 시스테인 잔기들의 위치는 잉어목 어류에서 잘 보전되어 있었다. 묵납자루 MT 유전자는 3개의 exon과 2개의 intron으로 구성되어 있었으며 intron영역은 A/T조성 빈도가 높았다. 생물정보 분석법을 통해 묵납자루 MT 유전자의 프로모터 영역은 중금속 조절 빛 스트레스/면역관련 조절에 관련한 다양한 전사 조절인자들의 부착 위치들이 보유하고 있는 것으로 예측되었다. Real-time RT-PCR 분석법을 이용한 묵납자루 MT mRNA의 조직 별 발현 수준을 조사한 결과, 난소와 장 조직에서의 발현 수준이 가장 높았으며 성장과 근욕 조직에서의 발현 수준이 가장 낮은 것으로 확인되었다. 구리를 이용한 중금속 노출 실험(구리 농도 $0.5\;{\mu}M$을 이용, 48 시간 동안 침지 처리)을 통하여 간 조직에서 MT mRNA 발현이 가장 많이 유도되었고(3.5배 이상), 비장, 신장 및 아가미에서도 유의적인 발현양의 증가(1.5~2.5배)가 관찰되었다. 그러나 뇌 및 장 조직에서는 MT 발현양의 변화가 없었다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 멸종위기 고유종인 묵납자루의 중금속 관련 스트레스 연구에 유용한 기초 자료를 제공할 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권9호
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• pp.655-666
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• 2017

We constructed a large $na{\ddot{i}}ve$ human Fab library ($3{\times}10^{10}$ colonies) from the lymphocytes of 809 human donors, assessed available diversities of the heavy-chain variable (VH) and ${\kappa}$ light-chain variable (VK) domain repertoires, and validated the library by selecting Fabs against 10 therapeutically relevant antigens by phage display. We obtained a database of unique 7,373 VH and 41,804 VK sequences by 454 pyrosequencing, and analyzed the repertoires. The distribution of VH and VK subfamilies and germline genes in our antibody repertoires slightly differed from those in earlier published natural antibody libraries. The frequency of somatic hypermutations (SHMs) in heavy-chain complementarity determining region (HCDR)1 and HCDR2 are higher compared with the natural IgM repertoire. Analysis of position-specific SHMs in CDRs indicates that asparagine, threonine, arginine, aspartate and phenylalanine are the most frequent non-germline residues on the antibody-antigen interface and are converted mostly from the germline residues, which are highly represented in germline SHM hotspots. The amino acid composition and length-dependent changes in amino acid frequencies of HCDR3 are similar to those in previous reports, except that frequencies of aspartate and phenylalanine are a little higher in our repertoire. Taken together, the results show that this antibody library shares common features of natural antibody repertoires and also has unique features. The antibody library will be useful in the generation of human antibodies against diverse antigens, and the information about the diversity of natural antibody repertoires will be valuable in the future design of synthetic human antibody libraries with high functional diversity.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2006

Because shipyard workers are involved with various manufacturing process in shipyard industry, and they are exposed to many kinds of hazardous materials. Especially, painting workers were exposed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). This study was conducted to assess the exposure status of PAH based on job-exposure matrix. We investigated the effect of genetic polymorphism of xenobiotic metabolism enzymes involved in PAH metabolism on levels of urinary metabolite. A total of 93 shipbuilding workers were recruited in this study. Questionnaire variables were age, sex, use of personal protective equipment, smoking, drinking, and work duration. The urinary metabolite was collected in the afternoon and corrected by urinary creatinine concentration. The genotypes of CYP1A1, CYP2E1, GSTM1, GSTT1 and UGT1A6 were investigated by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) methods with DNA extracted from venous blood. Urinary 1-OHP levels were significantly higher in direct exposured group (spray and touch-up) than indirect exposed group. Urinary 1-OHP, concentration of the high exposure with wild type of UGT1A6 was significantlyhigher than that of the high exposure with other UGT1A6 genotype. In multiple regression analysis of urinary 1-OHP, the regression coefficient of job grade was statistically significant (p<0.05) and UGT1A6 was not significant but a trend (p<0.1). The grade of exposure affected urinary PAH concentration was statistically significant. But genetic polymorphism of xenobiotics metabolism enzymes was not statistically significant. Further investigation of genetic polymorphism with large sample size is needed.