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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Lycopersicon esculentum (cv. MicroTom) with two pathogen-induced hot pepper transcription factors

  • Seong, Eun-Soo;Oh, Sang-Keun;Eunsook Chung;Park, Doil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.79.1-79
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    • 2003
  • Two pathogen-induced hot pepper transcription factors (CaNACl and CapIfl) were introduced into‘MicroTom’tomato by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. We used to nptII containing kanamycin resistance gene as a selection marker. Both transformed and non-transformed plants were transferred to pot after rooting test in vitro. To approximate the levels of caNACl transcript in leaves of wild-type and transgenic plants, RNA blots were hybridized with double-stranded full-length CaNACl probe at moderate stringency, Although the relative signal strength for hybridization fluctuated among the samples on different blots, transgenic plant lines N-1, N-2 and N-3 consistently displayed increased levels of CaNACl transcript relative to other transgenic lines and wild-type plants. Of all the transgenic lines examined, line N-7 had the least amount of CaNACl transcript. Role of these transcription factors in pathogen defense will be examined by overexpression in tomato.

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Effect of Sonication and vir Genes on Transient Gene Expression in Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation (Agrobacterium을 이용한 형질전환에서 sonication과 vir 유전자들의 효과)

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    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.316-320
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    • 2001
  • Sonication tremendously improves the efficiency of Agrobacterium infection by introducing small and uniform fissures and channels throughout the targeted tissue. Using shoot tips of cotton as explants, the effect of sonication treatment and virulence genes in Agrobacterium tumefaciens on transformation efficiency was investigated. The pat gene which encodes resistance to the herbicide, glufosinate, was used as a selectable marker. Transformation efficiency was evaluated on th basis of survival rates of cocultivated shoot tips on selection medium containing 2.5 mg/l gulfosinate-ammonium(ppt) adn 25. mg/l Clavamax. Sonication from 5 to 15 second has a positive effect on shoop tip survival. However, whil virE as well as virG or vir GN54D showed an enhancement in transformation efficiency, virE,. virG resulted in the most significant enhancement. Overall, the combination of additional virG/virE gene and sonication treatment resulted in the most significant increase in transformation efficiency.

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Simulation of Viscous Flow around the Moving Underwater Vehicle

  • Kwag, Seung-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.202-206
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    • 2001
  • A three dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes code based on the third derivative upwind is employed to simulate the flow around the underwater vehicle advancing on the calm water. Computations are carried out in the range of Froude numbers 0.4 to 0.7. The wave resistance, lift, moment and the pressure distribution on the body are calculated. Computations are performed in a rectangular grid system based on the Marker & Cell method. For validation, computation results are compared with existing experimental results.

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Agrobacterium-Mediated Co-transformation of Multiple Genes in Metarhizium robertsii

  • Padilla-Guerrero, Israel Enrique;Bidochka, Michael J.
    • Mycobiology
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.84-89
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    • 2017
  • Fungi of the Metarhizium genus are a very versatile model for understanding pathogenicity in insects and their symbiotic relationship with plants. To establish a co-transformation system for the transformation of multiple M. robertsii genes using Agrobacterium tumefaciens, we evaluated whether the antibiotic nourseothricin has the same marker selection efficiency as phosphinothricin using separate vectors. Subsequently, in the two vectors containing the nourseothricin and phosphinothricin resistance cassettes were inserted eGFP and mCherry expression cassettes, respectively. These new vectors were then introduced independently into A. tumefaciens and used to transform M. robertsii either in independent events or in one single co-transformation event using an equimolar mixture of A. tumefaciens cultures. The number of transformants obtained by co-transformation was similar to that obtained by the individual transformation events. This method provides an additional strategy for the simultaneous insertion of multiple genes into M. robertsii.

Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018의 Shuttle Vector 개발을 위한 분자유전학적 연구

  • Yoo, Min;Nam, Jin-Sik;Kwon, Oh-Sik;Baek, Young-Jin
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.464-467
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    • 1997
  • A shuttle vector, pSHvec, was constructed for Lactobacillus casei (L. casei) YIT 9018 and JM1O9 by recombinant DNA technology. This vector contained the $\beta$-lactamase II gene from Bacillus cereus as a selection marker and replication origins for both Gram(+) and Gram(-) strains. It could transform the wild type L. casei YIT 9018 as well as E. coli JM109 and transformed cells were selected based on antibiotics resistance. The ability of L. casei YIT 9018 for curd formation in 11% skim milk was maintained even after transformation with pSHvec. The vector was stable as long as antibiotics were added to the medium. These results could contribute to the study of lactic acid bacteria for the industrial purpose at a genetic level.

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A Numerical Analysis on Flow Fields and Calculation of Pressure Resistance about an Air Supported Ship (수치시뮬레이션에 의한 공기부양선 주위의 유동장해석과 조파저항계산)

  • Na Y. I.;Lee Y. G.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1995.10a
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 1995
  • A numerical computation is carried out to analyse characteristics of flow fields around Air Supported Ships having arbitrary form. The computations are performed in a rectangular grid system with MAC(Marker And Cell) method. The governing equations are represented in a Finite Difference form by forward differencing in time and centered differencing in space except for convection terms. For validation of this numerical analysis method, the computation of flow fields around Catamaran and ACV(Air Cushion Vehicle) with pressure distribution on free surface are done, and that around Surface Effect Ship is also carried out. The results of the computations are compared with the those of existed numerical computation and experimental results with the same condition.

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Survivin as a Potential Target for Cancer Therapy

  • Soleimanpour, Elaheh;Babaei, Esmaeil
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.15
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    • pp.6187-6191
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    • 2015
  • In 1997 for the first time, survivin was described by Amborsini et al. as an anti-apoptotic protein. Subsequent studies revealed that survivin is a multifunctional protein that plays critical roles in several crucial cell processes such as apoptosis, cell cycle, chromosome movement, mitosis and cellular stress responses. Moreover, it's overexpression in cancer cells versus normal cells is associated with chemotherapy resistance, increased tumor recurrence, and shorter patient survival. All of these features make survivin a promising target for cancer therapy. Here, we review the potential characteristics of survivin as a tumor marker.

Matrix Attachment Regions (MARs) as a Transformation Booster in Recalcitrant Plant Species

  • Han, Kyung-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.225-231
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    • 1997
  • For genetic engineering to be commercially viable, an efficient transformation system is needed to produce transgenic plane from diverse genotypes ("generalized protocol"). Development of such a system requires optimization of a number of components such as gene transfer agent, plant tissues competent for both regeneration and transformation, and control of transgene expression. Although several novel gene transfer methods have been developed for plane, a majority of stably transformed plane express the introduced genes at low levels. Moreover, silencing of selectable marker genes shortly after their incorporation into plant chromosomes may result in low recovery of transgenic tissues from selection. Matrix attachment regions (MARs) are DNA sequences that bind to the cell's proteinaceous nuclear matrix to form DNA loop domains. MARs have been shown to increase transgene expression in tobacco cells, and reduce position in mature transgenic plants. Flanking an antibiotic resistance transgene with MARs should therefore lead to improved rates of transformation in a diversity of species, and may permit recalcitrant species and genotypes to be successfully transformed. Literature review and recent data from my laboratory suggest that MARs can serve as a transformation booster in recalcitrant plant species.

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Generation of Baculovirus Expression Vector Using Detective Autographa California Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Genome Maintained in Escherichia coli for $Occ^{+}$ Virus Production

  • Je, Yeon-Ho;Chang, Jin-Hee;Roh, Jong-Yul;Jin, Byung-Rae
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.155-160
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    • 2001
  • We have generated a novel baculovirus genome which can be maintained in Escherichia coli that facilitates the rapid and efficient generation of recombinant baculovirus expression vectors. To make $Occ^{+}$ recombinant expression vectors, polyhedrin gene under the control of p10 promoter was inserted to bAcGOZA and this genome was designated bApGOZA. As in bAcGOZA, bApGOZA lacks a portion of the essential ORF1629 gene, but includes a mini-F replicon and selectable kanamycin-resistance marker, This occasion-producing activity of bApGOZA can be used very conveniently for its oral infectivity to insect larvae in mass production of foreign protein and insecticides.

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