• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.162-169
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• 1983

The swelling and stress-elongation experiments have been performed for two kinds of gels of tactic poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (P-HEMA) with varying crosslinker concentrations. The gels of isotactic and syndiotactic P-HEMA were swollen in aqueous salt solutions upon varying molal concentrations. The solute used were NaCl, $MgCl_2$, $Na_2SO_4$, $MgSO_4$ and urea. The water content at equilibrium swelling and the salt partition coefficient were determined, and stress-elongation curves of the gels were obtained. From these results, the effective number of chain (${\nu}_e$) and the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (${\chi}_1$) were also obtained. The swelling experiment was also performed under varying solvents, and the degree of swelling was determined. The solubility parameter of P-HEMA was obtained as 13.4 (cal/mole)$^{l/2}$ using the correlation between the degree of swelling and the solubility parameter (${\delta}_1$) of solvents. The mechanical properties of syndiotactic P-HEMA is stronger than that of isotactic P-HEMA, and the water content of both gels become smaller when the crosslinking increases. Isotactic P-HEMA contains more water content than syndiotactic P-HEMA does.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.524-530
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 가죽 스킨층에 코팅용으로 사용할 수용성 폴리우레탄의 합성을 위해 polyrupopylene mono methyl ether (PM)를 기반으로 폴리 에테르 폴리올인 폴리 프로필렌 글리콜과 이소포론 디 이소시아네이트 (isophorone diisocyanate, IPDI)를 합성 하였다. 예비 중합체의 합성 후, 점도 상승을 억제하기 위해 $40^{\circ}C$에서 1M, 2M, 3M 및 4M으로 PM을 첨가하고 중화 반응 및 사슬연장 반응을 수행하여 폴리 우레탄 시료를 준비 하였다. 준비된 시료의 인장강도와 연신율, 접착강도를 측정한 결과로 인장강도는 PM 이 1M 일 때 2.109 kgf/mm2, 4M 에서 1.721kgf/mm2, 연신율은 PM이 1M일 때 496%, 4M 에서 522%, 접착력은 PM이 1M 일 때 1.114 kgf/cm, 4M 에서 0.99 kgf/cm 로 확인 되었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.341-349
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• 1996

폴리우레탄 수지의 염색성을 향상시키기 위하여 염착좌석을 갖는 저분자량의 디올류를 쇄연장제로 활용하였다. 쇄연장제와 폴리올의 종류를 변화시키고, 또한 하드세그멘트 (HS)/소프트세그멘트 (SS) 비율을 변화시키면서 폴리우레탄 수지를 합성하였다. HS/SS가 1.4이고, dimethylolpropionic acld(DMPA), N-butyldiethanolamine(BDEA)를 염착좌석용 쇄연장제(DCE)로 활용한 경우 반응의 불균일성으로 인하여 기계적 물성이 좋지 못하였으며, 특히 에스테르계 폴리올인 poly(butylene/ethylene adipate) glycol(PBEAG)로 합성한 경우 내가수분해성이 현저히 저하되었다. 그러나 DCE로 N-methyldiethanol amine(MDEA)를 사용하고 HS/SS를 1.3으로 조절한 경우 기계적 물성과 염색성이 향상되었으며, MDEA를 선형 쇄연장제(CE)인 1,4-butanediol(1,4-BD)과 에테르형 폴리올인 poly[oxyteramethylene] glycol(PTMG)과 반응시킨 경우 기계적 물성과 내가수분해성이 현저하게 향상되었다. 특히 분자설계적 측면에서 DCE를 HS와 SS내의 배분과 1,6-hexanediol(1,6-HD) 및 neopentylglycol(NPG)과의 공쇄연장으로 초기탄성률, 인장강도, 신장률을 제어 할 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.847-853
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• 1999

A Pseudomonas sp. strain that is capable of utilizing dicarboxylic acids as a sole carbon source was isolated from activated sludge by using the enrichment culture technique. This organism accumulated polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) with an unusual pattern of monomer units that depends on the carbon sources used. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) homopolyester was synthesized from glucose or small $C_{-even}$ alkanoic acids, such as butyric acid and hexanoic acid. Accumulation of PHB homopolyester was also observed in the cells grown on $C_{-odd}$ dicarboxylic acids, such as heptanedioic acid and nonanedioic acid as the sole carbon sources. In contrast, a copolyester consisting of 6 mol% 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and 94 mol% 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) was produced with a PHA content of as much as 36% of the cellular dry matter. This strain produced PHAs consisting both of the short-chain-length (SCL) and the medium-chain-length (MCL) 3-hydroxyacid units when heptanoic acid to undecanoic acid were fed as the sole carbon sources. Most interestingly, polyester consisting of significant amount of relevant fractions, 3HB, 3HV, and 3-hydroxyheptanoate (3HHp), was accumulated from heptanoic acid. According to solvent fractionation experiments, the polymer produced from heptanoic acid was a blend of poly(3HHp) and of a copolyester of 3HB, 3HV, and 3HHp units. The hexane soluble fractions contained only 3HHp units while the hexane-insoluble fractions contained 3HB and 3HV units with a small amount of 3HHp unit. The copolyester was an elastomer with unusual mechanical properties. The maximum elongation ratio of the copolyester was 460% with an ultimate strength of 10 MPa, which was very different from those of poly(3HB-co-3HV) copolyesters having similar compositions produced from other microorganisms.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.90-93
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• 2002

Phytochrome A (phyA) and phytochrome B (phyB) perceive light and adapt to fluctuating circumstances by different manners in terms of effective wavelengths, required fluence and photoreversibility. Action spectra for induction of seed germination and inhibition of hypocotyl elongation using phytochrome mutants of Arabidopsis showed major difference. PhyA is the principal photoreceptor for the very low fluence responses and the far-red light-induced high irradiance responses, while phyB controls low fluence response in a red/far-red reversible mode. The structural requirement of their bilin chromophores for photosensory specificity of phyA and phyB was investigated by reconstituting holophytochromes through feeding various synthetic bilins to the following chromophore-deficient mutants: hy1, hyl/phyA and hyl/phyB mutants of Arabidopsis. We found that the vinyl side-chain of the D-ring in phytochromobilin interacts with phyA apoprotein. This interaction plays a direct role in mediating the specific photosensory function of phyA. The ethyl side-chain of the D-ring in phycocyanobilin fails to interact with phyA apoprotein, therefore, phyA specific photosensory function is not observed. In contrast, both phytochromobilin and phycocyanobilin interact with phyB apoprotein and induce phyB specific photosensory functions. Structural requirements of the apoproteins and the chromophores for the specific photoperception of phyA and phyB are discussed.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.344-349
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• 2005

분자량이 다른 여러 종류의 폴리카프로락톤 디올(polycaprolactone diol), 폴리카프로락톤 트리올(polycaprolactone triol), acetylbutyl citrate 가소제, isophorone diisocyanate 경화제를 이용하여 폴리우레탄을 합성하였다. 합성된 폴리우레탄의 구조를 FT-IR, NMR 스펙트럼 분석을 통하여 확인하였고 TGA와 UTM을 이용하여 열특성 및 인장강도 연신율을 측정하였다. Compressive modulus를 사용하여 측정한 결과, 합성한 폴리우레탄의 가교 평균 분자량은 $8000\~24000$이었다. 분자 내 가교밀도 및 하드 세그먼트의 양이 증가할수록 인장강도가 증가하고 연신율이 감소하였으며, 폴리우레탄내의 가교밀도가 증가할수록 열 안정성이 향상되었다. 가교밀도는 NCO/OH의 비가 1.1에서 최대값을 나타내었고, 디올의 함량과 분자량이 클수록 증가하였다.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.215-215
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• 2022

Starch synthase proteins (SSI, SSII and SSIII) in rice are mainly involved in amylopectin synthesis mediating its chain elongation, and the functional loss of SSII can increase amylose accumulation through decreasing of amylopectin chain proportions. For purposes of identifying functional haplotypes and evolutionary analyses of this gene, SSII-1, we investigated 374 rice accessions belonging to different subgroups of origins. We subsequently performed bioinformatic analyses on their variations through haplotyping, resequencing and structuring based on different classified populations. Haplotyping of cultivated rice accessions using genetic variations within SSII-1 genomic region of chromosome 10 revealed a total of 8 haplotypes, representing 6 functional haplotypes by 4 non-synonymous SNPs of three different exons (1, 4 and 10), which effect on protein structure. Higher nucleotide diversity value was found in wild group (0.0055) compared to any of cultivated subpopulations, of which aus showed the most reduction of diversity value (0.0003). Tajima's D analysis exhibits the most Tajima's D value only in admixture group (0.3600) which appears to be the cause of a sudden population contraction by rare alleles scarcity. A clear separation of some wild accessions from the admixed cultivated subpopulations was observed in PCA and phylogenetic analysis. Similar admixed pattern of population structure was estimated with an increased K values of 2 to 8 where genetic components of almost all cultivated subpopulations were shared with the wild which can also be subsequently estimated by very low F_ST-values by -0.011 (wild-aromatic) and -0.003 (wild-admixture).

• Korean Journal of Acupuncture
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.260-270
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• 2012

Objectives : Hippocampus, a region of temporal lobe, plays an important role in the pathogenic mechanisms of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, depression and temporal lobe epilepsy. This research is designed to investigate hippocampal changes after acupuncture stimulation at Shinmun(HT7) using 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis(2-DE). Methods : On postnatal-day 15, rat pups were randomly devided into Normal(NOR) or HT7 group. All of Pups kept with their mothers for 7 days, but pups in HT7 group received acupuncture stimulation at HT7 daily. On postnatal-day 21, hippocampus of each rat pup was dissceted 30 minutes after last acupuncture stimulation and the protein expressions were investigated using 2-DE. Results : After acupuncture stimulation at HT7, expression of 20 proteins were significantly increased. Succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-like, transketolase, aconitate hydratase and phosphoglucomutase-1 were related to glucose methabolism. Eukaryotic initiation factor(eIF) 4A-II, eIF 4A-III, mitochondrial Tu translation elongation factor and chain A of crystal structure of the 70-Kda heat shock cognate protein involve in the protein synthesis in ribosome. Tubulin ${\beta}$-4 chain, tubulin T ${\beta}$-15 and tubulin ${\alpha}$-1B chain comprise cytoskeleton. Glutathione S-transferase(GST) ${\omega}$-1, GST P and GST Yb-3 can reduce oxidative stress. ${\beta}$-soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein is required for vesicular transport between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase plays a major role in lipid biosynthesis, creatine kinase U-type catalyses the conversion of creatine and consumes adenosine triphosphate to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate. Platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase IB subunit alpha and voltage depedent anion-selective channel protein 2 were also increased. Conclusions : The results suggest that acupuncture stimulation at HT7 may enhance glucose and lipid metabolism, protein synthesis, cytoskeletal substance and anti-oxidative stress in hippocampus.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2008

The tumor suppressor and transcription factor p53 is a key modulator of cellular stress responses, and can trigger apoptosis in many cell types including neurons. In this study, we have shown that Microtubule-associated protein 1B(MAP1B) light chain interacts with tumor suppressor p53. MAP1B is one of the major cytoskeletal proteins in the developing nervous system and essential in forming axons during elongation. We also demonstrate that both p53 and MAP1B-LC1 interact in the nucleus in HEK 293 cells. Indeed, we show that the MAP1B-LC1 negatively regulates p53-dependent transcriptional activity of a reporter containing the p21 promoter. Consequently, MAP1B light chain binds with p53 and their interaction leads to the inhibition of doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in HEK 293 cells. Furthermore, these examinations might be taken into consideration when knock-down of MAP1B-LC1 is used as a cancer therapeutic strategy to enhance p53's apoptotic activity in chemotherapy.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2021

In this study, we observed the mechanical properties, thermal stability, and low temperature sealing performance of fluorosilicone elastic composites. When the blend ratio of Phenyl vinyl methyl silicone (PVMQ) was increased, the tensile strength, modulus at 100%, and compression set were decreased. The thermal stability of fluorosilicone elastic composites showed a similar tendency. These were caused by poorer green strength of PVMQ than Fluorosilicone rubber (FVMQ). The change in the tensile strength and elongation at -40℃ showed a decreasing tendency with increasing PVMQ blend ratio. By increasing the PVMQ blend ratio, low-temperature performance was improved. The Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results showed that T_g was decreased and low-temperature performance was improved with increasing PVMQ blend ratio. However tanδ was decreased becaused of the poor green strength and elasticity of PVMQ. From a hysteresis loss at -40℃, the hysteresis loss value was increased and fluorosilicone elastic composites showed the decreasing tendency of elasticity with increasing PVMQ blend ratio. From the TR test, TR10 was decreased with increasing PVMQ blend ratio. FS-4 (45% PVMQ blended composites) showed a TR10 of -68.0℃ that was 5℃ lower than that of FS-1 (100% FVMQ). The gas leakage temperature was decreased with increasing PVMQ blend ratio. The gas leakage temperature of FS-4 was -69.2℃ that was 5℃ lower than that of FS-1. Caused by the polymer chain started to transfer from a glassy state to a rubbery state and had a mobility of chain under T_g, the gas leakage temperature showed a lower value than T_g. The sealing performance at low temperature was dominated by T_g that directly affected the mobility of the polymer chain.