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The First Synthesis of a Transition Metal-Catalyzed Homopolymer Having Pendent t-Boc-Protected Quinizarin for Patterned Fluorescence Images

  • Jimmy Yoo;Lee, Jae-Hyoung;Iwhan Cho;Ahn, Kwang-Duk;Kim, Jong-Man
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.69-72
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    • 2003
  • A homopolymer having pendent t-Boc-protected quinizarin moieties has been prepared for patterned fluorescence images. The homopolymer P(t-BQN (2-norbornenylmethyl di-tert-butoxycarbonylquinizarin)) 5 was prepared by palladium-catalyzed addition polymerization. The t-Boc-protecting groups of the polymer were efficiently removed during chemical amplification process and revealed original properties of quinizarin, allowing patterned fluorescence images in the polymer film.

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay Targeting the femA Gene for Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus from Clinical and Food Samples

  • Zhao, Xihong;Li, Yanmei;Park, Myoungsu;Wang, Jun;Zhang, Youhong;He, Xiaowei;Forghani, Fereidoun;Wang, Li;Yu, Guangchao;Oh, Deog-Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.246-250
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    • 2013
  • In this study, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method to rapidly detect Staphylococcus aureus strains was developed and evaluated by extensively applying a large number of S. aureus isolates from clinical and food samples. Six primers were specially designed for recognizing eight distinct sequences on the species-specific femA gene of S. aureus. The detection limits were 100 fg DNA/tube and $10^4$ CFU/ml. The LAMP assay was applied to 432 S. aureus strains isolated from 118 clinical and 314 food samples. Total detection rates for the LAMP and polymerase chain reaction assays were 98.4% (306/311) and 89.4% (278/311), respectively.

Bovine Embryo Sexing by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP

  • Kojiya, S.;Watanabe, K.
    • Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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    • 2004.06a
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    • pp.183-183
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    • 2004
  • In the bovine embryo transfer industry, sexing preimplantation embryos is an important management tool. Several methods for bovine embryo sexing utilizing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been developed. However, they were not popularized because the methods requiretechnical skills and expensive instruments, and are time consuming. PCR also has the risk of false positives due to DNA contamination during the electrophoresis. (omitted)

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Monitoring of Gentic Variability in Dicofol-susceptible, Dicofol-resistant, and its Reverse-selected Strains of Tetranychus urticae by RAPD-PCR

  • Song, Cheol;Park, Jin-Hee;Kim, Gil-Hah;Kwon, O-Yu;Cho, Kwang-Yun
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.14-16
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    • 1999
  • Genetic variability was monitored by random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) in dicofol-susceptible (S), dicofol-resistant (R) and its reverse-selected (RS) strains of two-spotted spider mite, of Tetranychus urticae. Before the reverse-selection, RS strain, selected reversely from R strain, was 23-fold resistance ratio at {TEX}$LC_{50}${/TEX} to S strain. The resistance was started to in incline slowly to the resistance level of S strain after one year, and the resistance ratio was 4-fold in the 7 years after then. PCR-amplification of T. urticae DNA showed polymorphism in the amplifications with 12 primers in 100 kinds of arbitrary DNA sequences. RAPD amplification with primer OPR-12 (5`-ACAGGTGCGT-3`) showed amplified bands at 1,000 base pair in the S-and RS-strain, and at 350 base pair in R-strain. The results of polymorphism are genetic variabilities derived from development and selection of resistance in each strain. The peculiarly amplified fragments were guessed to participate in dicofol resistance. From the analysis of genetic similarity, it is inferred the gene composition of S-and RS-strain is much closer than that of R-strain.

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A New Concept for Efficient Sensitivity Amplification of a QCM Based Immunosensor for TNF-α by Using Modified Magnetic Particles under Applied Magnetic Field

  • Bahk, Yeon-Kyoung;Kim, Hyung-Hoon;Park, Deog-Su;Chang, Seung-Cheol;Go, Jeung-Sang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.12
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    • pp.4215-4220
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    • 2011
  • This study introduces a new concept for a simple, efficient and cheap sensitivity amplification of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) based immunosensor system for the detection of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-${\alpha}$, TNF) by using an in-built magnetic system. The frequency shift due to the applied magnetic field was successfully observed on magnetic particles labeled detection antibodies, anti-human TNF-${\alpha}$, which were bound to the immunologically captured TNF-${\alpha}$ on the gold coated quartz crystals. In the present system, the magnitude of frequency shift depends on both the strength of magnetic field and the amount of target antigen applied. Significant signal amplification was observed when the additional built-in residual stress generated by the modified magnetic particles under the magnetic field applied. Used in conjunction with a sandwich type non-competitive immunoassay format, the lower detection limit was calculated to be 25 $ngmL^{-1}$ and showed good linearity up to TNF-${\alpha}$ concentrations as high as 2.0 ${\mu}gmL^{-1}$. The sensitivity, most importantly, was improved up to 4.3 times compared with the same QCM system which was used only an antigen-antibody binding without additional magnetic amplification.

Rapid Detection of Viable Escherichia coli O157 by Coupling Propidium Monoazide with Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

  • Zhao, Xihong;Wang, Jun;Forghani, Fereidoun;Park, Joong-Hyun;Park, Myoung-Su;Seo, Kun-Ho;Oh, Deog-Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.1708-1716
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    • 2013
  • Conventional molecular detection methods cannot distinguish between viable and dead Escherichia coli O157 cells. In this study, the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method combined with propidium monoazide (PMA) treatment was developed to selectively detect viable E. coli O157 cells. Four primers, including outer primers and inner primers, were specially designed for the recognition of six distinct sequences on the serogroups (O157) of the specific rfbE gene of the E. coli O157 genome. PMA selectively penetrated through the compromised cell membranes and intercalated into DNA. Amplification of DNA from dead cells was completely inhibited by $3.0{\mu}g/ml$ PMA, whereas the DNA derived from viable cells was amplified remarkably within 1 h by PMA-LAMP. Exhibiting high sensitivity and specificity, PMA-LAMP is a suitable method for evaluating the inactivation efficacy of slightly acidic electrolyzed water in broth. PMA-LAMP can selectively detect viable E. coli O157 cells. This study offers a novel molecular detection method to distinguish between viable and dead E. coli O157 cells.

An Efficient Synthesis of Substituted Furans by Cupric Halide-Mediated Intramolecular Halocyclization of 2-(1-Alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones

  • Fu, Wei-Jun;Xu, Feng-Juan;Guo, Wen-Bo;Zhu, Mei;Xu, Chen
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.887-891
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    • 2013
  • An efficient synthesis of 3-halofurans by the intramolecular cyclization of 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alken-1-ones with cupric halide has been developed. A broad range of 3-chloro- and 3-bromofuran derivatives could be obtained in the present method in moderate to good yields. The 3-halofuran derivatives are potential synthetic intermediates for amplification of molecular complexity.