• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.53-77
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• 2000

This paper aims to point out the problems and solutions of soil fertility enhancement in Korean organic farming which does not harmonize with internationally recognized standard of organic agriculture such as Basic Standard of IFOAM, EU regulations, and guidelines of FAO/WHO codex alimentarius. The necessity of rotation, legume, green manure to enhance the soil fertility or organic farming system was discussed, and the reasons why salt accumulation including nitrate and phosphate in the rooted soil profiles was frequently occurred in Korean organic farmer's field also discussed. Soil testing for correct handling of organic fertilization was introduced to void the salt accumulation just applying the huge amount of organic fertilizer year to year to reach a maximum crop yield. In the conclusion it was suggested for Korean organic agriculture to make an effort to coincide it's regulation with internationally recognized standards for organic farming.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.12-20
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• 2011

The characteristics of absorption and accumulation of inorganic germanium in Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer were examined. In 4-year-old P. ginseng, the germanium content of the field soil increased with increased amounts and frequencies of inorganic germanium application, while chemical components of the soil, such as available phosphate and exchangeable calcium, potassium, and magnesium, decreased with the increased inorganic germanium application. In the 4-year-old P. ginseng, the germanium content was highest in the rhizome and increased in the order of stem, leaf, lateral root, and main root, suggesting that inorganic germanium was absorbed from the root and translocated to the stem and leaf via the rhizome. As for changes in ginsenosides in 4-year-old P. ginseng rhizomes, the contents of ginsenosides $Rb_1$, $Rb_2$, Re, and Rf decreased as the germanium content in soil increased. Ginsenosides $Rb_1$, $Rb_2$, Rc, Re, and Rf in the main root also decreased with increasing germanium content in the main root. The results suggest that inorganic germanium treatment may increase organic germanium in harvested P. ginseng, thus enhancing the medicinal effi cacy of ginseng products.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2000년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.226.3-227
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• 2000

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• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.373-377
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• 1989

The effects of environmental factors on the extracellular release of organic carbon by Scenedesmus qudricauda were studied. The PER (percentage extracellular release) was greater at high temperature and at high concentration of nitrogen and phosphate. The PER variation according to the change of M/P ratio showed high values at each extreme N/P ratio. This result suggested that the limitation of nitrogen or phosphorous resulted in the accumulation of carbohydrates as photosynthetic products, and the products in high concentration were excreted through algal cell membrane.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2004

집약적인 시설재배 농업에서 화학비료와 퇴비의 연용과 과다한 사용은 용탈현상이 제한되어 있는 시설재배 토양의 염류집적현상을 쉽게 유발시키고 있다. 토양중의 염류집적에 따른 수분 흡수의 어려움을 극복하기 위하여 식물은 여러 가지의 무기 및 유기용질을 체내에 축적하는데, 특히 토양 중에 그 함량이 높아 쉽게 이용할 수 있는 $NO_3$를 삼투압 조절물질로 흡수 축적하는 것으로 결론지을 수 있다. 안전농산물의 생산 측면에서 특히 시설재배 신선야채류의 $NO_3$ 축적을 줄이기 위한 노력이 요구되고 있으며, 이를 이해서는 과다한 시비의 지양과 광조건의 개선이 필요하며 이에 더하여 토양 염류집적을 줄일 수 있는 토양 관리 및 시비 방법들이 심각하게 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.236-240
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• 2000

식물의 저온 스트레스 및 방어체계에 대한 기작론적 연구의 일환으로서, 저온에서 보이는 벼 유묘의 생장력 상실과 생체막의 상전이 및 세포질 대사 변화 간의 상관관계를 조사하였다. 주변환경의 온도가 내려감에 따라 유묘의 생장속도는 점차 감소하여 약 $13^{\circ}C$ 이하에서는 생장이 실질적으로 정지하였다. 이 온도는 미토콘드리아 내막의 물리적 상전이 온도 및 기능적 상전이 온도와 일치하였다. 또한 해당과정의 중간생성물인 glucose 6-phosphate(G6P), fructose 6-phosphate(F6P)의 함량과 온도간의 상관곡선에서 보여주는 변곡점도 $13^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 나타났다. 이들-세포생리의 생화학적, 생물물리적 특성들의 불연속적 변화를 나타내는-온도들의 일치는 저온하에서의 생장정지가 우선적으로 미토콘드리아막의 상전이에 기인하며, 이 상전이가 세포 대사의 불균형을 일으키는 주요인임을 시사한다. 저온처리된 벼를 다시 상온으로 옮겼을 때 축적된 G6P와 F6P함량의 급격한 감소가 관찰되었다. 이는 상온환원시 TCA cycle을 거쳐 호흡전자전달에 필요한 전자공여체를 짧은 시간에 과다생성시키는 요인이 되어 결과적으로 세포의 산화적 스트레스를 일으키는 원인이 되는 것으로 해석하였다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.375-380
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• 2007

국내 옥수수 순계주에서 Agrobacterium 공동배양으로 CP4 5-Enol-pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (CP4 EPSPS) 유전자가 도입된 제초제저항성식물체를 개발하였다. 5개의 순계주 (HW1, KL103, HW3, HW4, HW7)의 미숙배를 Ubiquitin promoter-CP4 EPSPS 유전자와 CaMV35S promoter-nptII 유전자가 발현되도록 제조된 pCAMBIA2300 벡터를 C58C1 Agrobacterium에 형질전환하여 공동 배양하였다. 항생제로 paromomycin이 첨가된 배지에서 선발된 옥수수 형질전환체를 PCR, RT-PCR 및 Northern 분석을 통하여 유전자의 도입과 발현을 확인하였다. 또한 형질전환 식물체의 glyphosate 처리에 따른 shikimate 축적반응을 확인하였다. Paromomycin 저항성 캘러스 형성빈도는 옥수수 각 순계주 HW1, KL103, HW3, HW4, HW7에서 각각 0.37%, 0.03%, 2.20%, 2.37%, 0.81%로 나타났으며, PCR분석을 통하여 최종적으로 2개의 옥수수 순계주 (HW3, HW4)의 paromomycin 저항성 캘러스로부터 분화된 식물체에서 확인하였다. 이러한 형질전환체중에서 RT-PCR 및 Nothern blot 분석을 통하여 CP4 EPSPS 유전자가 발현되는 2개의 계통 (M266, M104) 을 선발하였고, shikimate 축적반응을 통하여 glyphosate에 대한 저항성을 갖는 계통 (M266)을 최종적으로 선발하였다. 이러한 결과는 국내 옥수수 순계주에서 제초제저항성을 갖는 옥수수 형질 전환체를 개발할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국식물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물생명공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 및 한일 식물생명공학 심포지엄
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• pp.9-21
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• 2005

To study the biochemical and physiological role of the plastidic glucose transporter (pGlcT) in carbohydrate metabolism, we characterized transgenic plants with mutations in the pGlcT gene (GT), gt-1 and gt-2, as well double mutants of GT and the maltose transporter (MEX1) and GT and the triose phosphate/phosphate translocator (TPT), GT and the cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase gene (cFBP), and MEX1 and TPT, gt-1/mex2, gt-1/tpt-2, gt-1/cfbp-1, mex1-1/tpt-2, respectively. Compared to the wild type, all mutants except the gt-1/cfbp-1 mutant lines displayed higher starch accumulation and higher levels of maltose. Starch accumulation is due to a decrease in starch turnover, leading to an imbalance between the rates of synthesis and degradation. Sucrose levels of gt alleles were higher than those in wild-type plants during the light period, suggesting possible nightly supplementation via the maltose transport pathway to maintain proper carbohydrate partitioning in the plant leaves. The gt plants displayed less growth retardation than mex1-1 mutant and gt-1/mex2 double mutant displayed accumulativesevere growth retardation as compared to individual gt-1 and mex1-1 mutants, implying that the maltose transporter-mediated pathway is a major route for carbohydrate partitioning at night. The gt-1/tpt-2, mex1-1/tpt-2 and gt-1/cfbp-1 double mutants had retarded growth and low chlorophyll content to differing degrees, indicating that photosynthetic capacity had diminished. Interestingly, the gt-1/tpt-2 line displayed a glucose-insensitive phenotype and higher germination rates than wild type, suggesting its involvement not only in carbon partitioning, but also in the sugar signaling network of the pGlcT and TPT.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제98권2호
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• pp.170-177
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• 2009

There are remarkable differences in growth and morphological characters of roots between mountain and field cultivated Panax ginseng. Growth of root in mountain cultivated ginseng was much slower than that of field cultivated ginseng. However, the factor affecting the retarded growth in mountain ginseng was not known. Soil analysis revealed that phosphorus (P) content of mountain soil was exceptionally low at least ten-fold lower compared to that of field soil. Thus, we suggest that low availability of P in mountain soil may be one of the limiting factors for growth of ginseng in mountain soil environment. We had monitored the growth of ginseng plants after one and three years of phosphate fertilizer application. Three kinds of phosphate fertilizers: fused magnesium phosphate, fused superphosphate, and single superphosphate were applied to mountain soil. Application of phosphate fertilizers increased the fresh-, dry weight, and diameter of ginseng roots and resulted in increased P accumulation in roots. These results demonstrate that slow growth of ginseng in mountain soil environment might be attributed to the low P content in mountain soil. Thus, analysis of P amount in mountain soil will be a good indicator for the selection of suitable site the ginseng cultivation in forest.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.318-326
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• 2019

Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) levels are often found to be elevated in serum, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung tissue of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients and experimental mouse models. Although the roles of sphingosine kinase 1 and S1P receptors have been implicated in fibrosis, the underlying mechanism of fibrosis via Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 2 ($S1P_2$) has not been fully investigated. Therefore, in this study, the roles of $S1P_2$ in lung inflammation and fibrosis was investigated by means of a bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis model and lung epithelial cells. Bleomycin was found to induce lung inflammation on day 7 and fibrosis on day 28 of treatment. On the $7^{th}$ day after bleomycin administration, $S1P_2$ deficient mice exhibited significantly less pulmonary inflammation, including cell infiltration and pro-inflammatory cytokine induction, than the wild type mice. On the $28^{th}$ day after bleomycin treatment, severe inflammation and fibrosis were observed in lung tissues from wild type mice, while lung tissues from $S1P_2$ deficient mice showed less inflammation and fibrosis. Increase in TGF-${\beta}1$-induced extracellular matrix accumulation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition were inhibited by JTE-013, a $S1P_2$ antagonist, in A549 lung epithelial cells. Taken together, pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic functions of $S1P_2$ were elucidated using a bleomycin-induced fibrosis model. Notably, $S1P_2$ was found to mediate epithelial-mesenchymal transition in fibrotic responses. Therefore, the results of this study indicate that $S1P_2$ could be a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis.