• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.269-275
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• 1996

Biosynthesis and secretion of anterior pituitary hormones are under the control of specific hypothalamic stimulatory and inhibitory factors. Among them, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) is the major stimulator of pituitary somatotrophs activating GH gene expression and secretion. Human GHRH is a polypeptide of 44 amino acids initially isolated from pancreatic tumors, and the gene for the hypothalamic form of GHRH is organized into 5 exons spanning over 10 kilobases (kb) on genomic DNA and encodes a messenger RNA of 700-750 nucleotides. Several neuropeptides classically associated with the hypothalamus have been found in the extrahypothalamic regions, suggesting the existence of novel sources, targets and functions. GHRH-like immunoreactivity has been found in several peripheral sites, including placenta, testis, and ovary, indicating that GHRH may also have regulatory roles in peripheral reproductive organs. Furthermore, higher molecular weight forms of the GHRH transcripts were identified from these organs (1.75 kb in testis; 1.75 and >3 kb in ovary). These tissue-specific expression of GHRH gene suggest the existence of unique regulatory mechanism of GHRH expression and function in these organs. In fact, placenta-specific and testis-specific promoters for GHRH transcripts which are located in about 10 kb upstream region of hypothalamic promoter were reported. The use of unique promoters in extrahypothalamic sites could be refered in a different control of GHRH gene and different functions of the translated products in these tissues. Somatotrophs and lactotrophs have been thought to be derived from a common bipotential progenitor, the somatolactotrophs, which give origins to either phenotypes. Although the precise mechanism responsible for the lactotroph differentiation in the anterior pituitary gland has not been yet clalified, there are several candidators for the generation of lactotrophs. In human, the presence of GHRH peptides with different size from authentic hypothalamic form in the normal anterior pituitary and several types of adenoma were demonstrated. Recently our group found the existence of immunoreactive GHRH and its transcript from the normal rat anterior pituitary (gonadotroph> somatotroph> lactotroph), and the GHRH treatment evoked the increased proliferation rate of anterior pituitary cells in vitro. The transgenic mouse models clearly shown that GHRH or NGF overexpression by anterior pituitary cells induced development of pituitary hyperplasia and adenomas particularly GH-oma and prolactinoma. Taken together, we hypothesize that the pituitary GHRH could serve not only as a modulator of hormone secretion but as a paracrine or autocrine regulator of anterior pituitary cell proliferation and differentiation. Interestingly enough, the expression of Pit-1 homeobox gene (the POU class transcription factor) was confined to somatotrophs, lactotrophs and somatolactotrophs in which GHRH receptors are expressed commonly. Concerning the mechanism of somatolactotroph and lactotroph differentiation in the anterior pituitary, we have focused following two possibilities; (1) changes in the relative levels or interactions of both hypothalamic and intrapituitary factors such as dopamine, VIP, somatostatin, NGF and GHRH; (2) alterations of GHRH-GHRH receptor signaling and Pit-1 activity may be the cause of lactotroph differentiation or pituitary hyperplasia and adenoma formation. Extensive further studies will be necessary to solve these complicated questions.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.367-375
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• 2009

최근 골재 수급불균형 문제 및 천연자원 고갈에 관한 사회적 관심이 집중되는 가운데, 종래 철강공정에서 부산물로 발생하는 슬래그 중 전기로 산화슬래그는 그 물리적 특성이 일반 골재와 유사한 특성이 있어 콘크리트용 골재로서 활용가능성이 높게 평가되나 슬래그 중 함유되어 있는 free-CaO에 의한 표면결함을 야기하는 문제를 내재하고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 전기로 산화슬래그 골재의 화학적 안정성 확보방안을 도출하고 이를 통해 안정화된 슬래그 골재를 용도별 콘크리트용 잔골재로 활용하여 콘크리트의 역학적 성능 및 내구성능을 실험적으로 평가하여 전기로 산화슬래그 잔골재의 활용방안을 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구결과, 전기로 산화슬래그의 골재입경 조정, 소정 기간동안의 자연 에이징 처리에 의해 팝아웃 등의 표면결함을 대폭 저감할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 콘크리트 용도별 대체율에 따른 역학적 성능 및 내구성능은 일반 골재와 비교하여 동등 또는 동등이상의 성능을 발현하는 것으로 평가되었다. 향후 전기로 산화슬래그 잔골재 활용시에는 콘크리트의 미관저해 현상이 나타나지 않도록 충분한 사전 에이징 또는, 가공처리 등 안정성 확보를 위한 품질관리가 반드시 선행되어야 할 것이다. 또한, 철강부산물의 친환경적인 자원순환 시스템을 확립하기 위해서는 전기로 산화슬래그 골재에 대한 품질관리 지표 구축과 더불어 다양한 용도개발이 이루어져야 하며 각종 공학적 특성 및 내구성에 관한 지속적인 연구개발이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2014

최근 골재 수급불균형 문제 및 천연자원 고갈에 관한 사회적 관심이 집중되는 가운데, 종래 철강공정에서 부산물로 발생하는 슬래그 중 전기로 산화슬래그는 그 물리적 특성이 일반 골재와 유사한 특성이 있어 콘크리트용 골재로서 활용가능성이 높게 평가되나 슬래그 중 함유되어 있는 free-CaO에 의한 표면결함을 야기하는 문제를 내재하고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 전기로 산화슬래그 골재의 화학적 안정성 확보 방안을 도출하고 이를 통해 안정화된 슬래그 골재를 용도별 콘크리트용 잔골재로 활용하여 콘크리트의 역학적 성능 및 내구성능을 실험적으로 평가함으로서 최종적으로 전기로 산화슬래그 잔골재의 활용방안을 제시하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 본 연구결과, 전기로 산화슬래그의 골재입경 조정, 소정 기간 동안의 자연 에이징 처리에 의해 팝아웃 등의 표면결함을 대폭 저감할 수 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 콘크리트 용도별 대체율에 따른 역학적 성능 및 내구성능은 일반 골재와 비교하여 동등 또는 동등 이상의 성능을 발현하는 것으로 평가되었다. 향후 전기로 산화슬래그 잔골재 활용시에는 콘크리트의 미관저해 현상이 나타나지 않도록 충분한 사전 에이징 또는, 가공처리 등 안정성 확보를 위한 품질관리가 선행되어야 할 것이다. 또한, 철강부산물의 친환경적인 자원순환 시스템을 확립하기 위해서는 전기로 산화슬래그 골재에 대한 품질관리방안 확립과 더불어 다양한 용도개발이 이루어져야 하며 각종 공학적 특성 및 내구성에 관한 지속적인 연구개발이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.633-640
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 숏크리트에 적용하기 위한 고분말도 시멘트의 기본 특성을 검토하고자 하였다. 고분말 시멘트의 주요특성을 연구하기 위하여 입도분포, 응결시간, 압축강도를 측정하였으며, SEM 관찰, DSC 열분석, X선 회절분석을 실시하였다. 고분말도 시멘트는 일반 포틀랜드 시멘트와 비교하여 응결시간이 크게 단축되었으며 압축강도가 개선되었다. 기기분석 결과 고분말도 시멘트는 초기수화물이 보다 미세하고 광범위하게 분포하는 것으로 확인되었으며, 이러한 결과는 시멘트의 분말도가 상승함에 따라 시멘트 입자와 물과의 접촉면이 증가하기 때문이다. SEM 관찰, DSC 열분석, X선 회절분석 결과 알루미네이트계 급결제는 칼슘알루미늄 수화물의 생성을 촉진하고, 알칼리프리계 급결제는 에트린자이트와 모노설페이트의 생성을 증진하는 것으로 나타났다. 페이스트 응결시간 측정으로부터 알루미네이트계 급결제와 알칼리프리계 급결제가 응결시간을 단축시키는 것으로 확인되었으며, 고분말도 시멘트는 압축강도가 크게 향상 되는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 알루미네이트계 급결제는 응결시간 단축에 효과적이며, 알칼리프리계 급결제는 7일 이후의 강도증진에 효과적인 것으로 확인되었다.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.692-701
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• 2008

This study was conducted with 150 adults of 20 years or older, all of whom lived in Seoul. The awareness of traditional Hangwa (Korean cookies) was shown to be relatively low, with 2.9 points on average, and the intake of traditional Hangwa for a month was 2.1 times. For the reason that traditional Hangwa couldn't become popular, and the opinion that the reason was because the price is expensive was the highest, at 3.8. The next highest reasons given were because it is difficult to buy, and because it is inconvenient to eat, at 3.0. The traditional Hangwa was shown to enjoy positive awareness as opposed to negative awareness, while the manufacturing sanitation was also recognized to be relatively clean, with 2.6 points assigned to the opinion that it doesn't taste good, and 2.7 points assigned to the opinion that the manufacturing sanitation is unclean. With regard to the excellence of traditional Hangwa, the response that 'our tradition can be handed down' was the most often encountered, with a score of 3.9. The traditional Hangwa was appraised as excellent, with 3.6 points assigned to the opinion 'it suits our body because it is made with our agricultural products' and 3.4% for each opinion 'safe ingredients are used' and 'all ingredients are good for health'. With regard to the level of agreement for the development of functional traditional Hangwa, the positive group was higher than 25.3% of the negative group, with 27.3% for 'agree very much' and 22.0% for 'agree'. When converted into a 5-point scale for the development of functional traditional Hangwa, the group that was positive toward its development was high, with 3.4 points on average. All categories of excellence awareness were correlated with the level of agreement for the development of a functional food product (p<0.001). Consumer awareness toward the addition of traditional Hangwa functionality was generally positive, with 3.3 points or higher on average, and awareness of the aging suppression and diabetes control effects of Hangwa was also high, with 3.5 points. Next were Hangwa for diet, Hangwa for blood pressure control, Hangwa for mineral supple-mentation and vitamin additive-type Hangwa, with 3.4 for each, and Hangwa for health preservation, with 3.3 in order. With regard to the degree of interest toward functional traditional Hangwa for the treatment of diseases, obese patients cited aging suppression, at 3.2, and vitamin additive Hangwa, at 3.0, while Hangwa for dieting was assigned 2.8 points. Patients with high blood pressure, blood circulation, and diabetes were all shown as having a high degree of interest in all items, while evidencing particular interest toward Hangwa for diabetes control and Hangwa for blood pressure control. With regard to intention to purchase while developing functional traditional Hangwa, the group asserting intention to purchase was higher than 60% for all items except for Hangwa for diabetes control (58.7%). The Hangwa for aging suppression was highest, at 68.6%, and shown as having intention to purchase during development in the order of vitamin additive Hangwa at 68.0%, Hangwa for mineral supplementation at 64.6%, each of Hangwa for health preservation and Hangwa for blood pressure control at 62.7%, Hangwa for diet at 62.6% and Hangwa for diabetes control at 58.7%. The considerations during the development of functional traditional Hangwa were in the following order: storage at 4.1 points, taste and level of function at 3.9 points, size at 3.5 points, and packing at 3.4 points.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 1989

제빵시 폐자원 일종인 난각을 첨가하여 식빵의 calcium 강화효과와 팽창기능을 조사하였다. 제빵시 첨가한 난각의 최적 입자는 120mesh 이상으로 분쇄 하는 것이 적당하였고, baking-powder, yeast, 난각의 탄산가스 발생량은 각각 $153{\pm}3ml/g,\;115{\pm}3ml/g(Yeast\;1g+Sugar\;29),\;205{\pm}3ml/g(egg-shell\;1g+10%\;acetic\;acld\;50ml)$로 반응물질(혹은 기질) 1g 당 탄산가스 발생량은 난각이 제일 많았다. Baking-powder, yeast, 난각의 $CO_2$ 최대발생량 도달시간은 각각 10분, 240분 45분 이내였다. 기본 식빵재료구성에 난각과 젖산이 함께 첨가될때 용적과 견고성에서 바람직하였고 반대로 효모를 넣지않고 팽창제로서 난각만 첨가하거나 혹은 난각과 젖산을 첨가한 경우는 좋지 않았다. 빵제품의 calcium 함량은 난각의 첨가량$(3{\sim}5%)$에 비례하여 증가 효과가 없으면서도 기존 빵제품에 비하여 맛과 견고성 면에서 떨어지지 않았다. 결국 제빵시 난각의 첨가는 빵제품의 calcium강화와 yeast평창효과를 보족하여 주는 효과가 있었다.

• 한국유통학회지:유통연구
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.37-60
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• 2010

백화점은 우리나라 유통시장에서 전통적인 대형 유통업체로 자리를 잡고 있었다. 1997년 우리나라의 외환위기 이후, 백화점은 3사를 중심으로 집중도가 높아지면서 납품업자와의 관계에서 우월적인 지위를 가지게 되었다. 그 중에 하나가 판매수수료이다. 판매수수료란 제조업체를 대신하여 제품 판매에 기여를 한 유통업체가 판매 가격에 일정 부분을 가져가는 것을 의미한다. 즉, 백화점에 입점한 업체들이 제품 판매액의 일정부분을 백화점에 지불하는 것이다. 그런데 납품업체의 입장에서는 이러한 판매수수료가 매우 높다고 인식하고 있다. 그러나 한편에서, 백화점은 납품업체를 대신하여 고객을 모으고 판촉활동을 하여 새로운 부가가치를 창출하는 역할을 하기 때문에 단순히 판매수수료가 높다고 말하는 것은 부당하다고 주장하고 있다. 이러한 상황이 발생한 것은 백화점이 직매입 보다는 수수료 위주의 매장 운영을 보이기 때문이다. 백화점의 수입은 판매수수료에 좌지우지 될 수밖에 없고, 규모화와 백화점 브랜드파워를 통한 거래교섭력 증대로, 납품업체와의 관계에서 판매수수료의 주도권을 높이고 있다. 따라서 이러한 백화점의 판매수수료와 관련된 대응정책으로 백화점의 독과점 구조 심화를 방지해야 하며, 납품업체와 공정한 계약 체결을 할 수 있도록 공정거래위원회의 불공정거래행위에 대한 감시가 강화되어야 할 것이다. 한편으로는, 백화점 업계의 자율적인 상생과 공정거래가 정착되도록 하는 환경조성도 병행되어야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.159-188
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• 2008

This study suggests strategies which can enable to creation of new opportunities of competitive advantages while operating a long lasting and consistent business with major trading partners, based on interorganizational information systems (IOISs) specially established and installed for interorganizational transactions. Nowadays, IOISs based mechanism having been widely expanded as a conventional business infrastructure for the interorganizational transactions and/or exchanges, it is customary difficult to obtain any strongly sound advantage over the competitors who have adopted even the simplest deployment of the IOIS mechanisms. In this connection, this study intends to investigate the interorganizational collaborative activities conducted by under the auspicious of IOISs, focused on the prospect of the exploitation of IOISs rather than the implementation of the IOISs. In this study, we, firstly, suggest the concept of Electronic Collaboration which can be defined by the collaborative activities conducted by IOISs, compared to the ones conducted on off-line. In addition, we suggest the Electronic Collaboration as a multi-dimensional concept, constituted by three sub-constructs, the Electronic Information Sharing (EIS), the Electronic Joint Activity (EJA), and the construction of the Electronic Relational Knowledge Store (ERKS). Secondly, we empirically verify the effects of relational and environmental determinants on the Electronic Collaboration. In this study, the relational determinants relate to the variables created in interorganizational relationship like Trust, Influence, Relational Specific Asset-asset invested for the transaction-, and Continuity of the relationship. On the other hand, the environmental determinants relate to the variables surrounding the relationship which are difficult to control. We consider Product Complexity, Technological Uncertainty, and Market Variability as the domain of the environmental determinants. To test our hypotheses, we conducted both paper-based survey and online-based survey. After refining the data with missing responses, a total of 150 data was used for analysis. The results were as follows : Firstly, it is statistically significant that the Electronic Collaboration is composed of EIS, EJA, and ERKS. In particular, the results imply that the firms are able to accumulate relational knowledge base as well as to exchange information or knowledge, and to conduct joint activities through effort to further expand the Electronic Collaboration. Secondly, we have verified the individual effects of the relational and the environmental determinants on the Electronic Collaboration. Product Complexity has been revealed as the most influential variable affecting the Electronic Collaboration. Next, Interorganizational Trust and Technological Uncertainty, in that order, have been seen to have significant effects on the Electronic Collaboration. In other words, when products or services seem to be difficult to standardize, and the core technologies seem to rapidly change, the need for the Electronic Collaboration increase. In addition, the observation dictates that the interorganizational trust turns out to be a critical variable in building a relationship and in seeking further collaboration. The results, further, illustrate that the environmental determinants are relatively more effective than the relational determinants, which is not consistent with a few prior researches relational determinants emphasized. It is because this study doesn't consider the size of the firm. A few researchers have given an emphasis on the relational determinants like trust and influence, especially from the perspective of small firms in interorganizational relationship. However, in our study, where all the sizes of the firms are contained, electronic collaboration is considerably affected by the environmental determinants.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.394-404
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• 2007

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is the most prevalent oral cancer, which is characterized by its high metastasis and recurrent rates and poor prognosis. Taxol is an anticancer agent which is microbial products extracted from jew tree. It combines with the tubulin and induces apoptosis by inhibiting mitosis of cell with microtubule stabilization. Recently, it was reported to be effective in various solid tumors, but only very slight effect has been seen in oral squamous cell carcinomas due to its cell-specific potencies. Cyclosporin A is used as immune suppressant and is being applied in anticancer therapy as its mechanism of induction of change of apoptotic process in various cells have been known. In this study, oral squamous cell carcinoma HN22 cell line was used for in vitro experiment and as for the experimental group taxol and cyclosporin A were applied alone and to observe the synergistic effect of apoptosis, Taxol and cyclosporin A were coadministered with different concentration of taxol for comparison. The results were obtained as follow: 1. There was no difference in Bcl-2, Bax, caspase 3, 8, 9 mRNA expression when cyclosprin A or taxol was applied alone to HN 22 cell line. 2. Caspase 3, 9 mRNA expression was prominently increased when cyclosprin A and taxol were applied together to cancer cell. 3. No significant difference was observed when cyclosporin A and taxol($1{\mu}g/ml$ and $3{\mu}g/ml$) were applied together to cancer cell line. 4. No significant difference was seen in Bcl-2, Bax, and caspase 8 mRNA expression in all the groups of in vitro experiments. 5. When cyclosporin A was applied alone in vivo study on the nude mice, histopathologi cal findings was similar to those of the control group. Oral squamous cell carcinoma induced by inoculation of HN 22 cell line was not reduced after treatment of cyclosporin A. 6. When taxol was applied alone, the islands of squamous cell carcinoma still remained, which meant insignificant healing effect. There was a lesser volume increase compared with the cyclosporin A alone. 7. When taxol and cyclosporin A were applied together, the connective tissue and calcification were seen in the histopathologic findings. Oral squamous cell carcinoma was decreased and cancer cell was disappeared. In observing the tumor mass change with time, there was a gradual decreased size and healing features. As the results of the in vitro experiment, it could conclud that only when the two agents are applied together, mitochondria-mediated apoptosis occurred by considerable increase of caspase 3, 9 mRNA expression, irrespectable of the concentration of taxol. In vivo experiment, there was a discrete synergistic effect when the two agents were applied together. But single use of cyclosporin A was not effective in this study. Based on the results of this experiment, if further clinical studies are done, taxol and cyclosporin A could be effectively used in treatment of oral squamous cell carcinomas.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.558-568
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• 2023

Vibrio vulnificus is an aquatic bacterium causing septicemia and wound infection in humans. To understand this pathogen at the genomic level, it was performed whole genome sequencing of a cefoxitin-resistant strain, V. vulnificus 1908-10 possessing virulence-related genes (vvhA, viuB, and vcgC) isolated from Gadeok island coastal seawater in South Korea. The genome of V. vulnificus 1908-10 consisted of two circular contigs and no plasmid. The total genome size was estimated to be 5,018,425 bp with a guanine-cytosine (GC) content of 46.9%. We found 119 tRNA and 34 rRNA genes respectively in the genome, along with 4,352 predicted protein sequences. Virulence factor (VF) analysis further revealed that V. vulnificus 1908-10 possess various virulence genes in classes of adherence, antiphagocytosis, chemotaxis and motility, iron uptake, quorum sensing, secretion system, and toxin. In the comparison of the presence/absence of virulence genes, V. vulnificus 1908-10 had fur, hlyU, luxS, ompU, pilA, pilF, rtxA, rtxC, and vvhA. Of the 30 V. vulnificus comparative strains, 80% of the C-genotype strains have all of these genes, whereas 40% of the E-genotype strains have all of them. In particular, pilA were identified in 80% of the C-type strains and 40% of the E-type strains, showing more difference than other genes. Therefore, V. vulnificus 1908-10 had similar VF characteristics to those of type C strains. Multifunctional-autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin (MARTX) toxin of V. vulnificus 1908-10 contained 8 A-type repeats (GXXGXXXXXG), 25 B.1-type repeats (TXVGXGXX), 18 B2-type repeats (GGXGXDXXX), and 7 C-type repeats (GGXGXDXXX). The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) showed that the RtxA protein of V. vulnificus 1908-10 had the effector domain in the order of cross-liking domain (ACD)-C58_PaToxP-like domain- α/β hydrolase-C58_PaToxP-like domain.