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New Ramp-reset Waveform for Fast Addressing in AC-PDPs

  • Kim, Oe-Dong;Ahn, Byoung-Nam;Choi, Kwang-Yeol;Yoo, Eun-Ho
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.643-646
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    • 2005
  • We present new ramp-reset waveforms that realize fast addressing in AC-PDPs. These waveforms distort the distribution of wall charges on the surface of a phosphor layer: hence, the enhanced electric field helps to ignite a cell faster. They also reduce the black luminance: the divide of erasing ramp down discharges into two parts, i.e. a surface discharge and a vertical discharge, makes lower luminance.

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Surface Display of Heme- and Diflavin-Containing Cytochrome P450 BM3 in Escherichia coli: A Whole-Cell Biocatalyst for Oxidation

  • Yim, Sung-Kun;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Jung, Heung-Chae;Pan, Jae-Gu;Kang, Hyung-Sik;Ahn, Tae-Ho;Yun, Chul-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.712-717
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    • 2010
  • Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are involved in the synthesis of a wide variety of valuable products and in the degradation of numerous toxic compounds. The P450 BM3 (CYP102A1) from Bacillus megaterium was the first P450 discovered to be fused to its redox partner, a mammalian-like diflavin reductase. Here, we report the development of a whole-cell biocatalyst using ice-nucleation protein (Inp) from Pseudomonas syringae to display a hemeand diflavin-containing oxidoreductase, P450 BM3 (a single, 119-kDa polypeptide with domains of both an oxygenase and a reductase) on the surface of Escherichia coli. The surface localization and functionality of the fusion protein containing P450 BM3 were verified by flow cytometry and measurement of enzymatic activities. The results of this study comprise the first report of microbial cell-surface display of a heme- and diflavin-containing enzyme. This system should allow us to select and develop oxidoreductases containing heme and/or flavins into practically useful whole-cell biocatalysts for extensive biotechnological applications, including selective synthesis of new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, bioconversion, bioremediation, live vaccine development, and biochip development.

Comparison of the Organophosphorus Hydrolase Surface Display Using InaVN and Lpp-OmpA Systems in Escherichia coli

  • Karami, Ali;Latifi, Ali Mohamad;Khodi, Samaneh
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.379-385
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to compare the ability of an engineered Escherichia coli to degrade chlorpyrifos (Cp) using an organophosphorus hydrolase enzyme, encoded in both Flavobacterium sp. ATCC 27551 or Pseudomonas diminuta, by employing the Lpp-OmpA chimera and the N-terminal domain of the ice nucleation protein as anchoring motifs. Tracing of the expression location of the recombinant protein using SDS-PAGE showed the presentation of OPH by both anchors on the outer membrane. This is the first report on the presentation of OPH on the cell surface by Lpp-OmpA under the control of the T7 promoter. The results showed cell growth in the presence of Cp as the sole source of energy, without growth inhibition, and with higher whole-cell activity for both cells harboring plasmids pENVO and pELMO, at approximately 10,342.85 and 10,857.14 U/mg, respectively. Noticeably, the protein displayed by pELMO was lower than the protein displayed by pENVO. It can be concluded that Lpp-OmpA can display less protein, but more functional OPH protein. These results highlight the high potential, of both engineered bacteria, for use in the bioremediation of pesticide-contaminated sources in the environment.

Characterization of Cyclofructans from Inulin by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Displaying Cell-Surface Cycloinulooligosaccharide Fructanotransferase

  • Kim, Hyun-Jin;Lee, Jae-Hyung;Kim, Hyun-Chul;Lee, Jin-Woo;Kim, Yeon-Hee;Nam, Soo-Wan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.695-700
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    • 2007
  • The cycloinulooligosaccharide fructanotransferase (CFTase) gene (cft) from Paenibacillus macerans (GenBank access code AF222787) was expressed on the cell surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by fusing with Aga2p linked to the membrane-anchored protein Aga1p. The surface display of CFTase was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy and enzymatic assay. The optimized reaction conditions of surface-displayed CFTase were as follows; pH, 8.0; temperature, $50^{\circ}C$; enzyme amount, 30 milliunit; substrate concentration, 5%; inulin source, Jerusalem artichoke. As a result of the reaction with inulin, cycloinulohexaose was produced as a major product along with cycloinuloheptaose and cycloinulooctaose as minor products.

High-brightness and wide-view transflective liquid crystal display with two in-cell imprinted optical films in an inverse-twisted-nematic geometry

  • Na, Jun-Hee;Cho, Seong-Min;Lee, Sin-Doo;Lim, Yong-Woon
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2011
  • An inverse-twisted-nematic (ITN) transflective (TRF) liquid crystal (LC) display, where two imprinted optical films (IOFs) with surface microstructures are embedded was developed. One of the IOFs serves as an in-cell patterned retarder with multioptic axes, and the other behaves as a viewing-angle enhancement film. In the presence of an applied voltage, the surface microstructures on the IOFs provide the spontaneous twist of the LC from a vertically aligned state to a $90^{\circ}$ twisted-nematic (TN) state in the transmissive part, and to a $45^{\circ}$ TN state in the reflective part. The developed ITN TRF LC display exhibits high transmission and reflectance, fast response, and wide-viewing characteristics, along with achromaticity.

Incorporation of Nasutitermes takasagoensis Endoglucanase into Cell Surface-Displayed Minicellulosomes in Pichia pastoris X33

  • Ou, Jingshen;Cao, Yicheng
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.24 no.9
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    • pp.1178-1188
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    • 2014
  • In this study, the yeast Pichia pastoris was genetically modified to assemble minicellulosomes on its cell surface by the heterologous expression of a truncated scaffoldin CipA from Clostridium acetobutylicum. Fluorescence microscopy and western blot analysis confirmed that CipA was targeted to the yeast cell surface and that NtEGD, the Nasutitermes takasagoensis endoglucanase that was fused with dockerin, interacted with CipA on the yeast cell surface, suggesting that the cohesin and dockerin domains and cellulose-binding module of C. acetobutylicum were functional in the yeasts. The enzymatic activities of the cellulases in the minicellulosomes that were displayed on the yeast cell surfaces increased dramatically following interaction with the cohesin-dockerin domains. Additionally, the hydrolysis efficiencies of NtEGD for carboxymethyl cellulose, microcrystal cellulose, and filter paper increased up to 1.4-fold, 2.0-fold, and 3.2-fold, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing the expression of C. acetobutylicum minicellulosomes in yeast and the incorporation of animal cellulases into cellulosomes. This strategy of heterologous cellulase incorporation lends novel insight into the process of cellulosome assembly. Potentially, the surface display of cellulosomes, such as that reported in this study, may be utilized in the engineering of S. cerevisiae for ethanol production from cellulose and additional future applications.

Long period application of AC field causing contrast reduction of IPS cell

  • Momoi, Yuichi;Koda, Tomonori
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.870-872
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    • 2008
  • It is known that AC electric field to drive IPS mode of liquid crystal display (LCD) causes reduction of the contrast after long period of display operation. Our results are presented in this paper on a base of a model of interaction between surface of PI alignment film and LC molecules. We conclude that the surface viscosity of PI alignment film is one of the most important factors for the contrast reduction phenomenon.

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Bacterial Cell Surface Display of a Multifunctional Cellulolytic Enzyme Screened from a Bovine Rumen Metagenomic Resource

  • Ko, Kyong-Cheol;Lee, Binna;Cheong, Dae-Eun;Han, Yunjon;Choi, Jong Hyun;Song, Jae Jun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1835-1841
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    • 2015
  • A cell surface display system for heterologous expression of the multifunctional cellulase, CelEx-BR12, in Escherichia coli was developed using truncated E. coli outer membrane protein C (OmpC) as an anchor motif. Cell surface expression of CelEx-BR12 cellulase in E. coli harboring OmpC-fused CelEx-BR12, designated MC4100 (pTOCBR12), was confirmed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and analysis of outer membrane fractions by western blotting, which verified the expected molecular mass of OmpC-fused CelEx-BR12 (~72 kDa). Functional evidence for exocellulase activity was provided by enzymatic assays of whole cells and outer membrane protein fractions from E. coli MC4100 (pTOCBR12). The stability of E. coli MC4100 (pTOCBR12) cellulase activity was tested by carrying out repeated reaction cycles, which demonstrated the reusability of recombinant cells. Finally, we showed that recombinant E. coli cells displaying the CelEx-BR12 enzyme on the cell surface were capable of growth using carboxymethyl cellulose as the sole carbon source.

Display of green fluorescent protein (GFP) on the cell surface of Zymomonas mobilis using N-terminal domain of ice nucleation protein (빙핵활성단백질의 N-terminal 부분을 이용한 녹색형광단백질의 Zymomonas mobilis 세포 표면 발현)

  • Lee, Eun-Mo;Choi, Shin-Geon
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.29 no.B
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    • pp.115-119
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    • 2009
  • Green fluorescent protein (GFPuv) was displayed on the surface of ethanol-producing bacteria Zymomonas mobilis using N-terminal domain of ice nucleation protein (INP) as an anchoring motif. To evaluate the ice nucleation protein as plausible anchor motif in Z. mobilis, GFPuv gene was subcloned into Zymomonas expression vector yielding pBBR1MCS-3/pPDC/INPN/GFPuv plasmid., INP-GFPuv fusion protein was expressed in Z. mobilis and its fluorescence was verified by confocal microscopy. The successful display of GFPuv on Zymomonas mobilis suggest that INP anchor motif could be used for future fusion partner in Z. mobilis strain improvement.

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Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Improvement with surface Damage Removal Etching and Anti-reflection Coating Process (표면결함식각 및 반사방지막 열처리에 따른 태양전지의 효율 개선)

  • Cho, Chan Seob;Oh, Jeong Hwa;Lee, Byeungleul;Kim, Bong Hwan
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2014
  • In this study general solar cell production process was complemented, with research on improvement of solar cell efficiency through surface structure and thermal annealing process. Firstly, to form the pyramid structure, the saw damage removal (SDR) processed surface was undergone texturing process with reactive ion etching (RIE). Then, for the formation of smooth pyramid structure to facilitate uniform doping and electrode formation, the surface was etched with HND(HF : HNO3 : D.I. water=5 : 100 : 100) solution. Notably, due to uniform doping the leakage current decreased greatly. Also, for the enhancement and maintenance of minority carrier lifetime, antireflection coating thermal annealing was done. To maintain this increased lifetime, front electrode was formed through Au plating process without high temperature firing process. Through these changes in two processes, the leakage current effect could be decreased and furthermore, the conversion efficiency could be increased. Therefore, compared to the general solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 15.89%, production of high efficiency solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 17.24% was made possible.