• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 1995

Staphylococcus aureus SA2, which was isolated from patient, is resistant to 10 usual antibiotics. The methanolic extracts of 21 well-known herb materials were combined with 10 antibiotics and applied to cheek inhibitory effects on the resistance of S. aureus SA2. The hexane fractions from methanolic extracts of Acori graminei Rhizoma and Anethi Fructus had most potent activity to inhibit the resistance of the bacteria when combined with ampicilin or chloramphenicol.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2000

Abstract- In this paper tribological characteristics of solid and liquid phase sintered W/C-35%Ni tappets were investigated. Three test methods were performed to investigate the wear and surface damage mechanism of sintered tappets. First, block-on-ring wear test was performed to investigate the wear characteristics under pure sliding condition. Second, simplified cam and tappet tests (called component wear test hereafter) were carried out to simulate the real contact history of cam and tappet. Also, after the test, contact surfaces were analyzed with scanning electron microscope to study the wear mechanism. As a final screening, engine dynamo tests were performed. Results showed that in the block on ring sliding wear test, solid phase sintered specimens showed superior wear resistance to liquid phase sintered specimens. The component wear tests and engine dynamo tests also showed the same results. Therefore, in these tests, solid phase sintered tappet material revealed superior wear resistant properties to liquid phase sintered one.

• 생약학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.369-380
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• 2008

The essential oils from 73 aromatic herb drugs entered on Korean official formularies were tested for antibioticresistance inhibitory effect. When the oils were combined with ampicillin (Am) or amoxicillin (Amx) they showed significant inhibitory effects on the growth of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus SA2 in considerably low concentration. The most effective combination were oils from Magnoliae Flos or Piperis longi Fructus ($25{\mu}g/mL$)-Am or Amx ($4{\mu}g/mL$).

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.381-388
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• 2009

On screening pathogen-resistant soybean, we identified a WRKY type transcription factor named a Glycine max WRKY1 (GmWRKY1). Expression of GmWRKY1 gene was induced in the soybean sprout by Pseudomonas infection. The GmWRKY1 was expressed in all of the tissues with high levels in stems, leaves and developing seeds. The protein Gm WRKY1 contains highly conserved two WRKY DNA-binding domains having two $C_2-H_2$ zinc-finger motif ($C-X_{4-5}-C-X_{22-23}-H-X-H$) in its N-terminal and C-terminal amino acid sequences. In electrophoresis mobility shift assay, the GmWRKY1 protein bound specifically to W-box elements in the promoters of defense related genes. These results demonstrated that GmWRKY1 is one of the soybean WRKY family genes and the plant-specific transcription factors for defense processes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.683-688
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• 2005

A transformation system mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens is routinely used for the genetic engineering of plants. Here, we report an efficient and stable method for transformation of heterogeneous genes into an industrial Cephalosporium acremonium by using a similar transformation system established in plants. Both the phleomycin-resistant gene and vgb gene were used as screening markers to confirm the success of transformation by either Southern hybridization or PCR amplification. It was found that acetosyringone (AS) was necessary only for protoplast transformation and the heterogeneous genes transferred were integrated into the genome of C. acremonium. The transformation efficiency obtained with this system was much higher than the conventional techniques used for transformation of C. acremonium.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.207-211
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• 1986

김치 발효 경과에 따라 젖산균을 분리하여 E. coli와 Streptococcus faecalis, Lactobacillus bulgaricus에 대해 생육 저해능력이 있는 균주를 screening하였다. 젖산균중 생육 저해균의 비율을 조사한 결과 이들은 2주의 발효기간 중 중기에 가장 많이 나타났으며 대부분 Pediococcus cerevisiae로 동정하였다. 이 P. cerevisiae의 생육억제 작용은 열에 불안정하고 단백분해 효소의 작용을 받지 않는 물질에 의한 것이며 이 물질은 배지의 pH를 중성으로 유지했을 때는 산성인 경우보다 생성이 저하되는 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.11-14
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• 2003

NF733xin, the near allele line was obtained by means of crossing and backcrossing the silkworm race T6, which contained fluoride resistance major gene, to race 733xin, which was highly susceptible to fluoride toxicity. Two hundred RAPD random primers were used in the RAPD analysis of these 3 strains. Two molecular markers, OPB-08850 and OPB-10917, were obtained. OPB-10917 was used to detect the backcross generations. It was found that all the fluoride resistant individuals in each backcross generation had the same special band. These results proved that this marker was reliable.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2008

Menadione induced cell death in cultured C2 myoblasts. By screening synthetic peptide libraries composed of random sequence of hexapeptides, we identified the hexa-peptides pool of(Ala/Ile)-(Ile/Met)-Val-Ile-Asp-(Met/Ser)-$NH_2$ that protected the myoblasts against menadioneinduced cell death. Pre-incubation with the hexapeptide pool reduced the number of cells detached from culture dish substrate and increased the ratio of relative viability against menadione. In addition, the peptides strongly increased the expression of Bcl-2, an anti-apoptotic protein. These results suggest that the hexapeptides might enhance the resistance to cell death against menadione by increasing the expression of Bcl-2.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1996

Promoters which are useful for constructing expression vectors for lactic acid bacteria were obtained from the chromosomal DNA of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis MG1363. pBV5030, a promoter-selection vector, replicates in L. lactis and Escherichia coli and carries a promoterless chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (cat-86). After examining E. coli transformants which grew on LB media containing chloramphenicol (Cm, 20$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL) , many MG1363 derived DNA fragments which encompass promoter sequences were identified. Some recombinant E. coli cells can grow at the Cm concentration of 1,000$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL. When plasmids from those highly resistant E. coli cells were purified and introduced into L. lactis ssp. lactis MG1614 cells by electroporation, lactococcal transformants showing Cm resistance were obtained. So far, five plasmids with different promoter inserts were introduced into L. lactis MGl614 cells. The maximum level of Cm resistance in L. lactis MG1614 transformants was quite low (20$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL) when compared with that observed in recombinant E. coli cells harboring the same plasmids.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.64-67
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• 2002

In the course of screening for new anticancer antibiotics from myxobacteria, strain JW357 was found to produce an antibiotic that was active against several human cancer cell lines. This strain was identified as Angiacaccus disciformis by morphological and cultural characteristics. The antibiotic produced was identified as myxochelin A. It demonstrated significant cytotoxicity against certain human cancer cells with $IC_{50}$ values ranging 1.15 to $2.36{\mu}g/ml$. Myxochelin A was interestingly as active against multidrug-resistant CL02 cells as against the sensitive parental cells (HCT15).