• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.526-532
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• 2010

The anode may inevitably undergo a number of reduction.oxidation (redox) cycles during solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) operation. The re-oxidation of Ni to NiO causes significant mechanical stress to be developed across the anode, which may destroy the integrity of the whole cell. In this study, the redox behavior of Ni-YSZ composite was examined at $800^{\circ}C$ using various characterization techniques.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.86-90
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• 2008

Caspase-3 (CASP3) plays a key role in apoptosis. In this study, HAX-1 was identified as a new substrate of CASP3 during apoptosis. HAX-1 was cleaved by CASP3 during etoposide-(ETO) induced apoptosis, and this event was inhibited by a CASP3-specific inhibitor. The cleavage site of HAX-1, at $Asp^{127}$, was located using N-terminal amino acid sequencing of in vitro cleavage products of recombinant HAX-1. Overexpression of HAX-1 inhibited ETO-induced apoptotic cell death. It also inhibited CASP3 activity. Together, these results suggest that HAX-1, a substrate of CASP3, inhibits the apoptotic process by inhibiting CASP3 activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.714-718
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• 2014

Apoptosis is the process of programmed cell death executed by specific proteases, the caspases, which mediate the cleavage of various vital proteins. Elucidating the consequences of this endoproteolytic cleavage is crucial to understanding cell death and other related biological processes. Although a number of possible roles for caspase-6 have been proposed, the identities and functions of proteins that interact with caspase-6 remain uncertain. In this study, we established a cell line expressing tandem affinity purification (TAP)-tagged caspase- 6 and then used LC-MS/MS proteomic analysis to analyze the caspase-6 interactome. Eight candidate caspase-6-interacting proteins were identified. Of these, five proteins (hnRNP-M, DHX38, ASPP2, MTA2, and UACA) were subsequently examined by co-immunoprecipitation for interactions with caspase-6. Thus, we identified two novel members of the caspase-6 interactome: hnRNP-M and MTA2.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.113-126
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• 2015

Salinity gradient power (SGP) systems have strong potential to generate sustainable clean electricity for 24 hours. Here, we introduce a solid-salt pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) system using crystal salt powders rather than seawater. Solid salts have advantages such as a small storage volume, controllable solubility, high Gibbs dissolution energy, and a single type of water intake, low pretreatment costs. The power densities with 3 M draw solutions were $11W/m^2$ with exothermic energy and $8.9W/m^2$ without at 35 bar using a HTI FO membrane (water permeability $A=0.375L\;m^{-2}h^{-1}bar^{-1}$). These empirical power densities are ~13% of the theoretical value.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.170-174
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• 2007

High-throughput subcellular imaging is a powerful tool for investigating the function of genes. In order to identify novel regulators of apoptosis we transiently transfected HeLa cells with 938 hypothetical genes of unknown function, and captured their nuclear images with an automated fluorescence microscope. We selected genes that induced greater than 3-fold increase in the percentage of apoptotic nuclei compared with vector-transfected cells. The full-length genes C10orf61, MGC 26717, and FLJ13855 were identified as candidate proapoptotic genes, and their apoptotic effects were confirmed by DNA fragmentation ELISAs and Western blotting for caspase-7 and PARP. We conclude that a subcellular image-based apoptotic screen is useful for identifying genes with proapoptotic activity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.11
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• pp.2247-2251
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.2953-2961
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• 2008

습식 석탄가스화란 석탄을 물과 혼합한 슬러리 형태(CWM, Coal Water Mixture)로 사용하는 것을 말하며, 분류층 가스화기에 빠르게 적용되었던 이유는 석유류 가스화와 공급방식이 유사하다는 점에서 출발하였다고 볼 수 있다. 1950년도에 사용되어 왔던 석유류 가스화 이용은 1970년 이후로는 유가 상승의 영향으로 석탄가스화로 바뀌게 되었다. 합성가스의 활용공정인 화학물질 제조 또는 복합발전의 운전 압력이 대부분 높기 때문에 가스화 압력을 높게 유지하기 위하여 슬러리 공급 방식이 많이 이용되었다. 슬러리 형태의 석탄 연료는 석유류가스와 시스템을 유사하게 활용할 수 있는 장점이 있으며, 특별히 고압을 필요로 하는 경우에도 비교적 간단한 시스템을 이용하여 공급 가능하다. 본 고에서는 현재까지 한국에너지기술연구원에서 수행된 습식 석탄가스화 기술개발 내용에 대하여 기술하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.1026-1033
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• 2022

This study presents a novel DNA part characterization technique that increases throughput by combinatorial DNA part assembly, solid plate-based quantitative fluorescence assay for phenotyping, and barcode tagging-based long-read sequencing for genotyping. We confirmed that the fluorescence intensities of colonies on plates were comparable to fluorescence at the single-cell level from a high-end, flow-cytometry device and developed a high-throughput image analysis pipeline. The barcode tagging-based long-read sequencing technique enabled rapid identification of all DNA parts and their combinations with a single sequencing experiment. Using our techniques, forty-four DNA parts (21 promoters and 23 RBSs) were successfully characterized in 72 h without any automated equipment. We anticipate that this high-throughput and easy-to-use part characterization technique will contribute to increasing part diversity and be useful for building genetic circuits and metabolic pathways in synthetic biology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.242.2-242.2
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.301.1-301.1
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• 2007