• 제목/요약/키워드: Nuclear localization

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원자력 발전소 AOV 구동기 내진 설계에 관한 연구 (A Study of Earthquake Design Air Operated Valve Actuator in Nuclear Power Plant)

  • 김영범;장훈;윤인식;강영미
    • 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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    • pp.485-490
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    • 2008
  • Under localization developing for the control valve of the safety grade Q Class 1 which is established in the atomic power plant followed ASME Code and important parts (Body, Yoke, Bonnet, Actuator) design and produced. In order to verify this analyzed the earthquake stress of AOV. AOV the above of 33Hz occurred from fIrst mode, the earthquake stress occurred from inside the yield strength of the material.

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Candidacidal Effects of Rev (11-20) Derived from HIV-1 Rev Protein

  • Lee, Juneyoung;Lee, Dong Hwan;Lee, Dong Gun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제28권4호
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    • pp.403-406
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    • 2009
  • Rev is an essential regulatory protein for HIV-1 replication. Rev (11-20) is known as the significant region regarding the function of a nuclear entry inhibitory signal (NIS) of Rev. In this study, anticandidal effects and mechanism of action of Rev (11-20) were investigated. The result exhibited that Rev (11-20) contained candidacidal activities. To understand target site(s) of Rev (11-20), the intracellular localization of the peptide was investigated. The result showed that Rev (11-20) rapidly accumulated in the fungal cell surface. The cell wall regeneration test also indicated that Rev (11-20) exerted its anticandidal activity to fungal plasma membrane rather than cell wall. The fluorescent study using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) further confirmed the membrane-disruption mechanism(s) of Rev (11-20). The present study suggests that Rev (11-20) possesses significant potential regarding therapeutic agents for treating fungal diseases caused by Candida species in humans.

Ovarian Tumors in Rbp9 Mutants of Drosophila Induce an Immune Response

  • Kim, Jihyun;Kim, Chun;Kim-Ha, Jeongsil
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.228-232
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    • 2006
  • The Drosophila protein, Rbp9, is homologous to human Hu, which is reported to be involved in small cell lung cancer. Rbp9 functions in cystocyte differentiation, and mutations in Rbp9 cause ovarian tumors. Here we show that the antimicrobial peptide, Attacin, is upregulated in Rbp9 mutants, especially in ovaries where tumors form. Upregulation seems to result from activation of the NF-${\kappa}B$ pathway since we detected nuclear localization of Relish in Rbp9 mutant ovaries but not in wild type ovaries. Inactivation of NF-${\kappa}B$ in the Rbp9 mutant allows prolonged survival of malformed egg chambers. We conclude that Drosophila initiates an anti-tumor defense response via activation of NF-${\kappa}B$.

Comparison of Exon-boundary Old and Young Domains during Metazoan Evolution

  • Lee, Byung-Wook
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.131-135
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    • 2009
  • Domains are the building blocks of proteins. Exon shuffling is an important mechanism accounting for combination of a limited repertoire of protein domains in the evolution of multicellular species. A relative excess of domains encoded by symmetric exons in metazoan phyla has been presented as evidence of exon shuffling, and symmetric domains can be divided into old and new domains by determining the ages of the domains. In this report, we compare the spread, versatility, and subcellular localization of old and new domains by analyzing eight metazoan genomes and their respective annotated proteomes. We found that new domains have been expanding as multicellular organisms evolved, and this expansion was principally because of increases in class 1-1 domains amongst several classes of domain families. We also found that younger domains have been expanding in membranes and secreted proteins along with multi-cellular organism evolution. In contrast, old domains are located mainly in nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. We conclude that the increasing mobility and versatility of new domains, in contrast to old domains, plays a significant role in metazoan evolution, facilitating the creation of secreted and transmembrane multidomain proteins unique to metazoa.

Structure and Tissue Distribution of a Trinucleotide-Repeat-containing Gene (cag-3) Expressed Specifically in the Mouse Brain

  • Ji, Jin Woo;Yang, Hye Lim;Kim, Sun Jung
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.348-353
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    • 2005
  • Using in silico approaches and RACE we cloned a full length trinucleotide (CAG) repeat-containing cDNA (cag-3). The cDNA is 2478 bp long and the deduced polypeptide consists of 140 amino acids of which 73 are glutamines. The genomic sequence spans approximately 79 kb on mouse chromosome 7 and the gene is composed of four exons. Standard and real-time PCR analyses of several mouse tissues showed that the gene is exclusively expressed in the brain and is not detected in embryonic stages. Within the brain, it is expressed throughout the forebrain region with predominant expression in the hypothalamus and olfactory bulb and very low levels in the mid- and hindbrain.

자기공명분석과 영상촬영을 위한 차폐된 고차경사자계코일의 설계 (Shielded High-Order Gradient Coil Design for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging)

  • 오창현;;이윤;김민기
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1993년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.45-48
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    • 1993
  • High-order field gradients are useful for spatial localization of a volume of interest and dynamic range improvement of signal detection in NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy and imaging. This paper proposes a design method of shielded high-order gradient coils to reduce tile effect of eddy current on tile spectroscopy and imaging results. According to the experimental results, the shielded gradient coils produce less than 2 % eddy current compared to non-shielded coils. Two shielded $z^2$ gradient coils have been designed and constructed for 1.5 T whole-body and 3.0 T animal NMR imaging systems. Experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretically expected behavior and show the utility of the shielded high-order gradient coils.

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The innate immune response transcription factor Bombyx mori Relish1 induces high-level antimicrobial peptides in silkworm

  • Kim, Seong-Wan;Kim, Seong-Ryul;Goo, Tae-Won;Choi, Kwang-Ho
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제37권2호
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2018
  • To artificially enhance antimicrobial peptide expression in Bombyx mori, we constructed genetically engineered silkworms overexpressing Rel family transcription factor. The truncated BmRelish1 (BmRelish1t) gene contained a Rel homolog domain (RHD), nuclear localization signal (NLS), acidic and hydrophobic amino acid (AHAA)-rich region, and death domain (DD), but no ankyrin-repeat (ANK) domain. The BmRelish1t gene was controlled by B. mori cytoplasmic actin 3 promoter in the PiggyBac transposon vector. Chromosome analysis of G1 generations of a transgenic silkworm with EGFP expression confirmed stable insertion of BmRelish1t. BmRelish1t gene overexpression in transgenic silkworms resulted in higher mRNA expression levels of B. mori antimicrobial peptides such as lebocin(~20.5-fold), moricin(~8.7-fold), and nuecin(~17.4-fold) than those in normal silkworms.

Temporal Expression of RNA Polymerase II in Porcine Oocytes and Embryos

  • Oqani, Reza;Lee, Min Gu;Tao, Lin;Jin, Dong Il
    • Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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    • 제36권4호
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    • pp.237-241
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    • 2012
  • Embryonic genome activation (EGA) is the first major transition that occurs after fertilization, and entails a dramatic reprogramming of gene expression that is essential for continued development. Although it has been suggested that EGA in porcine embryos starts at the four-cell stage, recent evidence indicates that EGA may commence even earlier; however, the molecular details of EGA remain incompletely understood. The RNA polymerase II of eukaryotes transcribes mRNAs and most small nuclear RNAs. The largest subunit of RNA polymerase II can become phosphorylated in the C-terminal domain. The unphosphorylated form of the RNA polymerase II largest subunit C-terminal domain (IIa) plays a role in initiation of transcription, and the phosphorylated form (IIo) is required for transcriptional elongation and mRNA splicing. In the present study, we explored the nuclear translocation, nuclear localization, and phosphorylation dynamics of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain in immature pig oocytes, mature oocytes, two-, four-, and eight-cell embryos, and the morula and blastocyst. To this end, we used antibodies specific for the IIa and IIo forms of RNA polymerase II to stain the proteins. Unphosphorylated RNA polymerase II stained strongly in the nuclei of germinal vesicle oocytes, whereas the phosphorylated form of the enzyme was confined to the chromatin of prophase I oocytes. After fertilization, both unphosphorylated and phosphorylated RNA polymerase II began to accumulate in the nuclei of early stage one-cell embryos, and this pattern was maintained through to the blastocyst stage. The results suggest that both porcine oocytes and early embryos are transcriptionally competent, and that transcription of embryonic genes during the first three cell cycles parallels expression of phosphorylated RNA polymerase II.