• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
• /
• v.50 no.1
• /
• pp.11-24
• /
• 2013

Let m and n be fixed positive integers and M a right R-module. Recall that M is said to be ($m$, $n$)-injective if $Ext^1$(P, M) = 0 for any ($m$, $n$)-presented right R-module P; M is said to be ($m$, $n$)-flat if $Tor_1$(N, P) = 0 for any ($m$, $n$)-presented left R-module P. In terms of some derived functors, relative injective or relative flat resolutions and dimensions are investigated. As applications, some new characterizations of von Neumann regular rings and p.p. rings are given.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
• /
• v.21 no.4
• /
• pp.345-353
• /
• 1997

Antioxidants and antioxidants with somatic cell co-culture, bovine oviduct epithelial cells(BOEC) and buffalo rat liver cells(BRLC), were studied as a mean of increasing the development and intracellular glutathione(GSH) concnetrations of bovine embryos derived from in vitro matured(IVM) and in vitro fertilized(IVF) oocytes. Cell numbers and intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocysts were also counted. The developmental rate beyond morula stages in CRlaa containing taurine(2.5mM), superoxide dismutase(SOD, 600U) and catalase(250U) were 1%, 75.0%, 64.8% and 62.3%, respectively. The developmental rate in antioxidant groups was significantly higher than in control(P<0.05). The intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocysts cultured in 0, 2.5mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 33.8pM, 39.3pM, 42.3pM and 54.8pM, respectively. This result indicated that the developmental rates and intracellular GSH concentrations of catalase group was significantly higher than any other groups(P<0.05). The developmental capacity in CRlaa plus various antioxidants co-cultured with BOEC were 55.3%(control), 74.1%(2.5mM taurine), 66.7%(600U SOD) and 70.7%(250U catalase) and in CRlaa plus various antioxidants co-cultured with BRLC in control, 2.5mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 63.8%, 75.5%, 71.0% and 73.5%, respectveily, the intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocyst embryos co-cultured with BOEC and BRLC in CRlaa with 0.25mM taurine, 600U SOD and 250U catalase were 73.4pM and 64.4pM, 79.9pM and 67.5pM, 82.3pM and 71.7pM, and 83.0pM and 80.0pM, respectively. Cell numbers of blastocysts were not difference in all experimental groups. These studies indicate that andtioxidants and antioxidant with somatic cell co-culture can increase the proportion of embryo that developed into morula and blastocysts, and the intracellular GSH concentrations of blastocyst embryos.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
• /
• v.24 no.4
• /
• pp.395-406
• /
• 2000

The present study was conducted to examine the developmental capacity of mouse oocytes within prenatal follicles cultured various concentrations of FSH and LH and the expression of cytochrome P450 cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) and cytochrome P450 17 $\alpha$ -hydroxylase (P450)$_{17{\alpha}}$ mRNA, as luteinization and atretic marker, in these culture conditions. In addition, we investigated the concentrations of progesterone and testosterone in culture medium. The developmental potential up to blastocyst of the oocytes grown in vitro was higher in the FSH alone (30.2%) and 10 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH treated (28.0%) groups than in the 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH treated group (22.0%). And the mean numbers of cell per blastocyst was higher in the FSH alone (50.9$\pm$26.1) and 10 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH treated (51.0$\pm$21.1) groups when compared to the 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH treated group (45.2$\pm$15.1). The expressions of P450scc and P450$_{17{\alpha}}$ mRNA in the oocyte -cumulus complexes were increased with increasing of LH concentration, and also the secretions of progesterone and testosterone were increased. Especially, in the 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH treated group, the expression of P450scc and P450$_{17{\alpha}}$ were significantly increased, and the secretion of progesterone and testosterone were significantly increased. Therefore, these data show that gonadotrophins are essential for the in vitro culture of preantral follicles, but that increasing of LH concentration is reduced the developmental capacity of oocytes. The cause of these findings may be due to increasing of progesterone and testosterone secretion by the enhance of P450scc and P450$_{17{\alpha}}$ mRNA expressions, as markers of luteinization and atresia. Conclusively, this study suggest that supplementation of 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH or 10 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ LH and 100 $m\ell$U/$m\ell$ FSH may be optimal condition for the culture of mouse pre antral follicles.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
• /
• v.32 no.1
• /
• pp.10-14
• /
• 2021

mCherry is one of the well-understood red fluorescent proteins which has a similar tertiary structure as GFPs, but pH resistant due to the lack of hydrogen bond network. Whereas mCherry-I202T showed far-red fluorescence and also pH sensitive property because of the additional hydrogen bond formed by substituting Ile of 202 amino acid sequence on mCherry with Thr. In order to verify the pH sensitive characteristic of mCherry-I202T owing to the extension of hydrogen bond, UV-vis spectrum was measured over the range of acidic to basic pH. We also demonstrate further possibilities of applying mCherry-I202T as a pH sensor.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.24 no.8
• /
• pp.1215-1218
• /
• 2003

An analysis of the bonding situation in CaM₂P₂ (M=Fe, Ni) with ThCr₂Si₂ structure is made in terms of DOS and COOP plots. The main contributions to covalent bonding are due to M-P and P-P interactions in both compounds. Particularly, the interlayer P-P bonding by variation in the transition metal is examined in more detail. It turns out that the shorter P-P bonds in CaNi₂P₂ form as a result of the decreasing electron delocalization into ${{\sigma}_p}^*$ of P₂ due to the weaker bonding interaction between the metal d and ${{\sigma}_p}^*$ as the metal d band is falling from Fe to Ni.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
• /
• v.39 no.4
• /
• pp.36-42
• /
• 2002

In this paper, we proposed a multiplicative algorithm for two polynomials with all non-zero coefficients over finite field GF($P^m$). Using the proposed multiplicative algorithm, we constructed the multiplier of modular architecture with parallel in-output. The proposed multiplier is composed of $(m+1)^2$ identical cells, each cell consists of one mod(p) additional gate and one mod(p) multiplicative gate. Proposed multiplier need one mod(p) multiplicative gate delay time and m mod(p) additional gate delay time not clock. Also, our architecture is regular and possesses the property of modularity, therefore well-suited for VLSI implementation.

• Development and Reproduction
• /
• v.15 no.3
• /
• pp.223-230
• /
• 2011

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants derived from incomplete combustion of carbons and crude oil. In this study, we investigated the effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a representative PAHs on in vitro sex steroid hormone production and germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) using isolated oocytes of longchin goby (Chasmichthys dolichognathus) and chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus). Oocytes in diameters of 0.8-0.9 (end vitellogenic stage) and 0.9-1.0 mm (germinal vesicle migratory stage) from longchin goby and 0.5 mm (fully vitellogenic stage) from chameleon goby were used. In GVBD assay, B[a]P at 10 nM stimulated GVBD in the oocytes of 0.8-0.9 mm from longchin goby. B[a]P at 1 nM stimulated GVBD in the oocytes with diameter 0.5 mm from chameleon goby. In steroid production from oocytes of longchin goby, B[a]P at 100 nM decreased testosterone (T) production, B[a]P at 1,000 nM increased estraiol-17 (J (E2) production and 10 and 100 nM increased $17,20{\beta}$-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one ($17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$) production in the oocytes with diameter 0.8-0.9 mm. B[a]P at 1,000 nM increased E2 production, 100 and 1,000 nM increased $17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$ production in the oocytes with diameter 0.9-1.0 mm. In steroid production of oocytes from chameleon goby, B[a]P at 1,000 nM increased $E_2$ production. B[a]P at 10 nM increased $17{\alpha}20{\beta}P$ production. In the ratio of $E_2$ to T ($E_2$/T), B[a]P at 100 and 1,000 nM increased $E_2$/T in the oocytes of longchin goby. B[a]P at 100 nM also increased $E_2$/T in the oocytes of chameleon goby. Taken together, these results suggest that B[a]P have not only weak estrogenic effects but progestogenic effects on oocyte maturation.

• Journal of Plant Biology
• /
• v.36 no.4
• /
• pp.407-413
• /
• 1993

해녀콩(Canavalia lineata L. DC) 잎에서 유도한 캘러스를 pH 8인 완충용액에 한 시간 동안 처리하면 pH 6에서 보다 arginase의 활성이 약 두 배로 증가했다. 캘러스에서 얻은 arginase의 조효소액을 Sephacryl S-200 컬럼에서 분획하면 분자량이 각각 380 kD과 179 kD으로 나타났는데 분자량이 큰 arginase의 분획은 pH 8 처리구에서 각각 상대적으로 많이 나타났다. 그리고 pH 6에 0.5 mM Mn2+를 첨가하였을 때도 380 kD arginase의 분획이 크게 나타났으며, pH 6 처리에서 얻은 179 kD arginase 분획에 pH 8 처리를 하면 380 kD 분획으로 쉽게 전이될 수 있었다. pH 6 처리 후 추출한 arginase는 Mn2+의 첨가로 활성이 크게 증가하여 pH 8 처리 후 추출한 arginase와 비슷한 활성을 보이나, pH 8 처리 후 추출한 arginase는 Mn2+의 첨가로 더 이상의 활성증가를 보이지 않았다. Mn2+이 없는 조건에서 두 arginase의 Km값과 Vmax를 조사한 결과, 380 kD arginase는 22 mM과 1.61 $\mu$mole urea.min-1.mg-1 protein, 그리고 179 kD arginase는 30 mM과 0.79 $\mu$mole urea.min-1.mg-1 protein으로 측정되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• v.24 no.1
• /
• pp.70-79
• /
• 2014

In an attempt to develop a variety of expression vector systems for Corynebacterium glutamicum, six types of promoters, including $P_{tac}$, $P_{sod}$, $P_{sod}$ with a conserved Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence from C. glutamicum, $P_{ilvC}$, $P_{ilvC}$ with a conserved SD-1 ($P_{ilvC-M1}$), and $P_{ilvC}$ with a conserved SD-2 ($P_{ilvC-M2}$), were cloned into a modified shuttle vector, pCXM48. According to analysis of promoter strength by quantitative reverse transcription PCR, $P_{sod}$ and $P_{sod-M}$ were superior to tac and ilvC promoters in terms of transcription activity in C. glutamicum. All of the promoters have promoter activities in Escherichia coli, and $P_{sod-M}$ displayed the highest level of transcriptional activity. The protein expression in constructed vectors was evaluated by measuring the fluorescence of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and SDS-PAGE. C. glutamicum harboring plasmids showed GFP fluorescence with an order of activity of $P_{ilvC}$ > $P_{ilvC-M1}$ > $P_{sod}$ > $P_{ilvC-M2}$ > $P_{sod-M}$, whereas all plasmids except pCSP30 with $P_{sod}$ displayed fluorescence activities in E. coli. Of them, the strongest level of GFP was observed in E. coli with $P_{sod-M}$, and this seems to be due to the introduction of the conserved SD sequence in the translational initiation region. These results demonstrate that the expression vectors work well in both C. glutamicum and E. coli for the expression of target proteins. In addition, the vector systems harboring various promoters with different strengths, conserved SD sequences, and multiple cloning sites will provide a comfortable method for cloning and gene expression, and consequently contribute to the metabolic engineering of C. glutamicum.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
• /
• v.49 no.2
• /
• pp.255-263
• /
• 2009

For an endomorphism ${\alpha}$ of R, in [1], a module $M_R$ is called ${\alpha}$-compatible if, for any $m{\in}M$ and $a{\in}R$, ma = 0 iff $m{\alpha}(a)$ = 0, which are a generalization of ${\alpha}$-reduced modules. We study on the relationship between the quasi-Baerness and p.q.-Baer property of a module MR and those of the polynomial extensions (including formal skew power series, skew Laurent polynomials and skew Laurent series). As a consequence we obtain a generalization of [2] and some results in [9]. In particular, we show: for an ${\alpha}$-compatible module $M_R$ (1) $M_R$ is p.q.-Baer module iff $M[x;{\alpha}]_{R[x;{\alpha}]}$ is p.q.-Baer module. (2) for an automorphism ${\alpha}$ of R, $M_R$ is p.q.-Baer module iff $M[x,x^{-1};{\alpha}]_{R[x,x^{-1};{\alpha}]}$ is p.q.-Baer module.