• 제목/요약/키워드: Single molecules

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Applications of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

  • Bard, Allen J.;Fan, Fu-Ren F.
    • 분석과학
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    • 제8권4호
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    • pp.1069-1074
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    • 1995
  • The application of scanning electrochemical microscopy to the imaging of surfaces in water and air and to the study of the electrochemistry of single molecules is discussed.

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Every Single Cell Clones from Cancer Cell Lines Growing Tumors In Vivo May Not Invalidate the Cancer Stem Cell Concept

  • Li, Fengzhi
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제27권4호
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    • pp.491-492
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    • 2009
  • We present the result of our research on the tumorigenic ability of single cell clones isolated from an aggressive murine breast cancer cell line in a matched allografting mouse model. Tumor formation is basically dependent on the cell numbers injected per location. We argue that in vivo tumor formation from single cell clones, isolated in vitro from cancer cell lines, may not provide conclusive evidence to disprove the cancer stem cell (CSC) theory without additional data.

Specific Gene Silencing by Single Stranded Large Circular Antisense Molecules

  • Park, Jong-Gu
    • 대한의생명과학회지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.65-73
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    • 2004
  • I report that single-stranded antisense as a part of large circular (LC-) genomic DNA of recombinant M13 phage exhibits enhanced stability, sequence specific antisense activity, and no need for target site search. A cDNA fragment (708 bp) of rat TNF-$\alpha$ was inserted into a phagemid vector, and TNF-$\alpha$ antisense molecules (TNF$\alpha$-LCAS) were produced as single-stranded circular DNA. When introduced into a rat monocyte/macrophage cell line, WRT7/P2, TNF$\alpha$-LCAS was able to ablate LPS-induced TNF-$\alpha$ mRNA to completion. The antisense effect of TNF$\alpha$-LCAS was shown to be sequence-specific because expressions of three control genes ($\beta$-actin, GAPDH and IL-1$\beta$) were not significantly altered by the antisense treatment. Further, TNF$\alpha$-LCAS was found to be highly efficacious as only 0.1 $\mu$g (0.24 nM) of TNF$\alpha$-LCAS was sufficient to block TNF-$\alpha$ expression in 1$\times10^5$ WRT7/P2 cells. I have also observed specific antisense activity in reduction of NF-$\kappa$B gene expression. The results suggest that an antisense sequence as a part of single-stranded circular genomic DNA has a specific antisense activity.

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Application of Cluster Distributions to Energy Transfer in Two-Dimensional Choleic Acid Crystals

  • 박치헌;송추윤;우희권;최용국;국성근
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제16권7호
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    • pp.630-634
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    • 1995
  • The cluster distributions for different concentrations of 1,4-dibromonaphthalene (DBN) in 4,4'-dibromobenzophenone (DBBP)/1,4-dibromonaphthalene (DBN) choleic acid were determined by a computer simulation in order to model the energy transfer dynamics. The results of the simulation indicate that long range interaction between molecules further apart than nearest does not occur and energy transfer efficiency is restricted by single range interaction. The results also demonstrate that the trapping is diffusion limited. The energy transfer rate is reduced by a factor of 15 in DBBP/DBN choleic acid realtive to that in DBBP/DBN doped into polystyrene due to the larger distance between molecules.

Electronic Properties and Conformation of$\pi$-Conjugated Molecules with Phenyl and Heterocyclic Group

  • Eunho Oh;Kim, Cheol-Ju
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • 제7권2호
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    • pp.67-71
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    • 2000
  • A quantum-chemical investigation on the conformations and electronic properties of trans(diphenyl-diheterocyclic) ethenes(t-PHEs) as building block for fully $\pi$-conjuated polymer are performed in order to display the effects of heterocyclic ring substitution. Structures for the molecules, t-PHEs were fully optimized by using semiempirical AM1, PM3 methods, and ab initio HF methods, with 6-31G basic set. The potential energy curves with respect to the change of single are obtained by using ab initio HF/6-31G basic set. The curves are not similar shapes in the molecules with respect to heterocyclic rings. It is shown that the steric repulsion interactions between phenyl ring and heterocyclic ring are subjected to different type with the respect to each heterocyclic ring. Electronic properties of the molecules were molecules were obtained by applying the optimized structures and selected geometries to the extended Huckel method. To investigate the change of HOMO-LUMO gap with respedt to the torsion angle, we select the optimized structures. By using the results, the dependency of conjugation for the energy gaps is analyzed. For t-PHE the energy gap increase up to 0.52 eV compared with its planar structure. In the cases of t-PHE and t-PHE, the energy gap increase by 1.29 and 1.15 eV, respectively, compared with its planar structure.

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용액내 단일 분자 검출을 위한 컴퓨터 인터페이싱 광자계수기의 제작 (Fabrication of computer-interfaced photon counter for single molecule detection in solution)

  • 고동섭
    • 한국광학회지
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 1997
  • 단일 색소 분자가 공초점 현미경의 검출 영역을 통과하면서 방출하는 형광폭발신호를 수집하기 위해서 컴퓨터 인터페이싱 광자계수기를 제작하였다. 사용한 계수기 소자들에 의해서 결정되는 최대 계수 속도는 약 80 MHz이며, 486급 PC 컴퓨터와 BASIC으로 작성한 프로그램을 사용하였을 때 최소 bin-width는 약 25.mu.s이었다. 이 계수기를 사용하여 에틸렌글리콜 용액내에 있는 JA22 단일 분자의 형광폭발신호를 수집하였으며 그 특성을 간략하게 기술하였다. 이때 색소 분자의 농도는 약 1 * $10^{-11}$ mol/L이었다.

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Simulation of Hydrogen Transport in a Single-walled Carbon Nanotube for Storage Safety

  • Oh, Kyung-Su;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Park, Seung-Ho;Kim, Jung-Soo
    • International Journal of Safety
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.16-21
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    • 2007
  • Carbon nanotubes hold much promise as future materials for safe storage of hydrogen. In this paper, hydrogen transport mechanisms in single-walled carbon nano-tubes (SWNTs) for various temperatures and chiral indices were studied using molecular dynamics simulation method. The SWNT models of zigzag (10,0), chiral (10,5) and armchair (10,10) with hydrogen molecules inside were simulated at temperatures ranging from 253K to 373K. Movements of hydrogen molecules ($H_2$) inside a SWNT were analyzed using mean-square displacements and velocity autocorrelation functions.