• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.274-281
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• 2019

Pistacia chinensis Bunge has not only been used as a medicinal plant to treat various illnesses but its young shoots and leaves have also been used as vegetables. In addition, P. chinensis is used as a rootstock for Pistacia vera (pistachio). Here, the transcriptome of P. chinensis was sequenced to enrich genetic resources and identify secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways using Illumina RNA-seq methods. De novo assembly resulted in 18,524 unigenes with an average length of 873 bp from 19 million RNA-seq reads. A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) annotation tool assigned KO (KEGG orthology) numbers to 6,553 (36.2%) unigenes, among which 4,061 unigenes were mapped into 391 different metabolic pathways. For terpenoid backbone and carotenoid biosynthesis pathways, 44 and 22 unigenes encode enzymes corresponding to 30 and 16 entries, respectively. Twenty-two unigenes encode proteins for 16 entries of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. As for the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways, 63 and 24 unigenes were homologous to 17 and 14 entry proteins, respectively. Mining of simple sequence repeat identified 2,599 simple sequence repeats from P. chinensis unigenes. The results of the present study provide a valuable resource for in-depth studies on comparative and functional genomics to unravel the underlying mechanisms of the medicinal properties of Pistacia L.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.69-73
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• 2011

The use of genomic information in genomic selection programs for dairy and beef cattle breeds has become a reality in recent years. In this investigation, we analyzed single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for Hanwoo (n=50) and Holstein (n=50) breeds using the Illumina Bovine SNP50 BeadChip to facilitate genomic selection and utilization of the Hanwoo breed in Korea. Analysis of the entire genomes showed different spectra of SNP frequencies for Hanwoo and Holstein cattle. The study revealed a highly significant (p<0.001) difference between Hanwoo and Holstein cattle in minor allele frequency (MAF). The average MAFs were $0.19{\pm}0.16$ and $0.22{\pm}0.16$ for Hanwoo and Holstein, respectively. From the total of 52,337 SNPs that were successfully identified, about 72% and 79% were polymorphic in Hanwoos and Holsteins, respectively. Polymorphic and fixed SNPs were not distributed uniformly across the chromosomes within breeds or between the two breeds. The number of fixed SNPs on all chromosomes was higher in Hanwoo cattle, reflecting the genetic uniqueness of the Hanwoo breed. In general, the rate of polymorphisms detected in these two breeds suggests that the SNPs can be used for different applications, such as whole-genome association and comparative genetic studies, and are a helpful tool in developing breed identification genetic markers.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.39.1-39.8
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• 2021

Tamoxifen (TAM) is an anticancer drug used to treat estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. However, its ER-independent cytotoxic and antifungal activities have prompted debates on its mechanism of action. To achieve a better understanding of the ER-independent antifungal action mechanisms of TAM, we systematically identified TAM-sensitive genes through microarray screening of the heterozygous gene deletion library in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe). Secondary confirmation was followed by a spotting assay, finally yielding 13 TAM-sensitive genes under the drug-induced haploinsufficient condition. For these 13 TAM-sensitive genes, we conducted a comparative analysis of their Gene Ontology (GO) 'biological process' terms identified from other genome-wide screenings of the budding yeast deletion library and the MCF7 breast cancer cell line. Several TAM-sensitive genes overlapped between the yeast strains and MCF7 in GO terms including 'cell cycle' (cdc2, rik1, pas1, and leo1), 'signaling' (sck2, oga1, and cki3), and 'vesicle-mediated transport' (SPCC126.08c, vps54, sec72, and tvp15), suggesting their roles in the ER-independent cytotoxic effects of TAM. We recently reported that the cki3 gene with the 'signaling' GO term was related to the ER-independent antifungal action mechanisms of TAM in yeast. In this study, we report that haploinsufficiency of the essential vps54 gene, which encodes the GARP complex subunit, significantly aggravated TAM sensitivity and led to an enlarged vesicle structure in comparison with the SP286 control strain. These results strongly suggest that the vesicle-mediated transport process might be another action mechanism of the ER-independent antifungal or cytotoxic effects of TAM.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.35.1-35.9
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• 2022

Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats are motifs of 1 to 6 nucleotides in length present in both coding and non-coding regions of DNA. These are found widely distributed in the whole genome of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, bacteria, and viruses and are used as molecular markers in studying DNA variations, gene regulation, genetic diversity and evolutionary studies, etc. However, in vitro microsatellite identification proves to be time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, the present research has been focused on using an in-house built java pipeline to identify, analyse, design primers and find related statistics of perfect and compound microsatellites in the seven complete genome sequences of coronavirus, including the genome of coronavirus disease 2019, where the host is Homo sapiens. Based on search criteria among seven genomic sequences, it was revealed that the total number of perfect simple sequence repeats (SSRs) found to be in the range of 76 to 118 and compound SSRs from 01 to10, thus reflecting the low conversion of perfect simple sequence to compound repeats. Furthermore, the incidence of SSRs was insignificant but positively correlated with genome size (R² = 0.45, p > 0.05), with simple sequence repeats relative abundance (R² = 0.18, p > 0.05) and relative density (R² = 0.23, p > 0.05). Dinucleotide repeats were the most abundant in the coding region of the genome, followed by tri, mono, and tetra. This comparative study would help us understand the evolutionary relationship, genetic diversity, and hypervariability in minimal time and cost.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.135-135
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• 2017

The Gramene database (http://www.gramene.org) is a powerful online resource for agricultural researchers, plant breeders and educators that provides easy access to reference data, visualizations and analytical tools for conducting cross-species comparisons. Learn the benefits of using Gramene to enrich your lectures, accelerate your research goals, and respond to your organismal community needs. Gramene's genomes portal hosts browsers for 44 complete reference genomes, including crops and model organisms, each displaying functional annotations, gene-trees with orthologous and paralogous gene classification, and whole-genome alignments. SNP and structural diversity data, available for 11 species, are displayed in the context of gene annotation, protein domains and functional consequences on transcript structure (e.g., missense variant). Browsers from multiple species can be viewed simultaneously with links to community-driven organismal databases. Thus, while hosting the underlying data for comparative studies, the portal also provides unified access to diverse plant community resources, and the ability for communities to upload and display private data sets in multiple standard formats. Our BioMart data mining interface enable complex queries and bulk download of sequence, annotation, homology and variation data. Gramene's pathway portal, the Plant Reactome, hosts over 240 pathways curated in rice and inferred in 66 additional plant species by orthology projection. Users may compare pathways across species, query and visualize curated expression data from EMBL-EBI's Expression Atlas in the context of pathways, analyze genome-scale expression data, and conduct pathway enrichment analysis. Our integrated search database and modern user interface leverage these diverse annotations to facilitate finding genes through selecting auto-suggested filters with interactive views of the results.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.18-28
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• 2008

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most abundant forms of human genetic variations and resources for mapping complex genetic traits and disease association studies. We have constructed a linkage disequilibrium (LD) map of chromosome 22 in Korean samples and compared it with those of other populations, including Yorubans in Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI), Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) reference families (CEU), Japanese in Tokyo (JPT) and Han Chinese in Beijing (CHB) in the HapMap database. We genotyped 4681 of 111,448 publicly available SNPs in 90 unrelated Koreans. Among genotyped SNPs, 4167 were polymorphic. Three hundred and five LD blocks were constructed to make up 18.6% (6.4 of 34.5 Mb) of chromosome 22 with 757 tagSNPs and 815 haplotypes (frequency $\geq$ 5.0%). Of 3430 common SNPs genotyped in all five populations, 514 were monomorphic in Koreans. The CHB + JPT samples have more than a 72% overlap with the monomorphic SNPs in Koreans, while the CEU + YRI samples have less than a 38% overlap. The patterns of hot spots and LD blocks were dispersed throughout chromosome 22, with some common blocks among populations, highly concordant between the three Asian samples. Analysis of the distribution of chimpanzee-derived allele frequency (DAF), a measure of genetic differentiation, Fst levels, and allele frequency difference (AFD) among Koreans and the HapMap samples showed a strong correlation between the Asians, while the CEU and YRI samples showed a very weak correlation with Korean samples. Relative distance as a quantitative measurement based upon DAF, Fst, and AFD indicated that all three Asian samples are very proximate, while CEU and YRI are significantly remote from the Asian samples. Comparative genome-wide LD studies provide useful information on the association studies of complex diseases.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2016

세계적인 과수작물로서의 경제적 중요성에도 불구하고, 감귤 생산은 주로 자연교잡 실생이나 눈 돌연변이로부터의 선발 또는 단순 품종 도입 등을 통해 이루어지고 있는 실정이다. 긴 유년기, 다배성, 자가불화합성과 같은 감귤 고유의 식물학적 특성, 주요 형질들(병저항성, 수량성, 품질 등)의 QTL에 의한 조절 등은 전통 육종을 통한 우수 품종의 개발을 어렵게 하는 요인이다. 지구 온난화에 의한 생산 여건의 급격한 변화, 소비자 요구 다양화 등은 고품질 감귤의 조기 선발과 안정적 생산, 품종 다양화, 육종 비용 절감 등을 위한 체계적인 감귤 분자육종 프로그램의 도입을 요구하고 있다. 동위효소를 이용한 최초의 감귤 연관지도 작성이 이루어진 이래, 다양한 분자표지를 이용한 연관지도 작성, 생물(CTV, CiLV, ABS, 선충] 및 비생물적(염분, 저온) 스트레스, 아포믹시스, 다배성, 과실착색(카로티노이드, 안토시아닌), 무종자, 웅성불임, 신맛 적음, 생식, 형태(나무, 잎, 꽃, 열매 등), 과실 품질, 종자수, 수량성, 조기 착과 등과 연관된 분자표지 발굴, QTL 맵핑 등이 이루어졌다. CTV 저항성과 적육(안토시아닌 축적) 형질에 대해서는 유전자 클로닝이 이루어졌고, 교배 육종 효율 증대 및 비용 절감을 위해 교잡배와 주심배를 구분하기 위한 다수의 simple sequence repeat (SSR) 분자표지가 개발되었다. 최근, 스위트오렌지와 '클레멘타인' 만다린에 대한 고품질의 표준 유전체가 완성되어 유전체 기반 감귤 분자육종을 위한 토대가 마련되었다. 표준 유전체 정보를 토대로 대규모 분자표지(SNP, SSR, InDel) 기반의 표준 연관 및 물리지도 작성, 비교 유전체 지도 작성, gene annotation, 전사체 분석 등이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 감귤 유전자원 및 핵심집단에 대해 표준 유전체 기반 비교 유전체 분석, GBS (genotyping-by-sequencing), GWAS (genome wide association study) 등을 통해 감귤의 다양한 형질과 연관된 분자마커 발굴 및 개발, 유용/변이 유전자 클로닝 등에 관한 연구가 가속화될 것으로 전망된다. 또한 표적 유전체 교정 및 VIGS (virus-induced gene silencing) 기술도 유전자 마커의 검증을 비롯한 감귤 분자육종 프로그램에 활발히 이용될 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.844-854
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• 2005

We constructed a defined physical and genetic map of H. pylori strain 51, previously isolated from a Korean patient with a duodenal ulcer, by combining a restriction analysis by pulse-field gel electrophoresis with the construction of a BAC library. A Notl-digest of H. pylori strain 51 genome yielded seven fragments, from which the genomic size was estimated to be 1,698$\pm$24 kb. The BAC library was constructed from 50 to 200 kb fragments of HindIII-digested genomic DNA. From 700 BAC clones, an ordered overlapping maxi-set of 82 BAC clones was assembled that covered the entire genome. The positions of 15 genes were localized in the strain 51 genome with 4-22 kb of resolution and were compared with their orthologues in strain 26695 and strain J99. The arrangement of the 15 genes was identical in strain 51 and strain J99, except for flaA and hpaA. The plasticity zone of strain 51, like that of strain J99, was located in the single region, and was shorter than those of strain 26695 and strain J99. The strain 51 plasticity zone consisted of ORFs common only to strain 51 and J99 or to strain 51 and 26695, as well as strain 51-specific ORFs. Three genetic translocations and/or inversions were found between orthologue ORFs in strain 51 and strain J99. These results show that the chromosomal organization of strain 51 differs from Western strains such as strain 26695 and strain J99.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.982-992
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• 2024

Objective: Jining Grey goat is a local Chinese goat breed that is well known for its high fertility and excellent meat quality but shows low meat production performance. Numerous studies have focused on revealing the genetic mechanism of its high fertility, but its highlighting meat quality and muscle growth mechanism still need to be studied. Methods: In this research, an integrative analysis of the genomics and transcriptomics of Jining Grey goats compared with Boer goats was performed to identify candidate genes and pathways related to the mechanisms of meat quality and muscle development. Results: Our results overlap among five genes (ABHD2, FN1, PGM2L1, PRKAG3, RAVER2) and detected a set of candidate genes associated with fatty acid metabolism (PRKAG3, HADHB, FASN, ACADM), amino acid metabolism (KMT2C, PLOD3, NSD2, SETDB1, STT3B, MAN1A2, BCKDHB, NAT8L, P4HA3) and muscle development (MSTN, PPARGC1A, ANKRD2). Several pathways have also been detected, such as the FoxO signaling pathway and Apelin signaling pathway that play roles in lipid metabolism, lysine degradation, N-glycan biosynthesis, valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation that involving with amino acid metabolism. Conclusion: The comparative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of Jining Grey goat and Boer goat revealed the mechanisms underlying the meat quality and meat productive performance of goats. These results provide valuable information for future breeding of goats.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.93-105
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• 2015

본 연구는 수박의 EST-SSR 마커를 이용하여, 네 개의 주요 박과(Cucurbitaceae) 작물인 수박, 호박, 오이, 멜론의 유연 관계를 분석하고 마커의 타 박과 작물에 활용 가능성을 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. Cucurbit Genomics Initiative(ICuGI) database로부터 선발된 120 EST-SSR 프라이머 중 51(49.17%)가 PCR이 성공하였고, 49(40.8%)가 8개 박과 유전자원에서 다형성을 보였다. 총 24개 박과 유전자원을 24개 EST-SSR 프라이머로 분석한 결과 총 382개 대립유전자 특이적 PCR 밴드를 얻었으며, 이를 토대로 짝유사행렬과 계통도를 작성하였다. 짝유사행렬의 범위는 0.01-0.85였으며, 작성된 계통도에서 24개 유전자원이 두 개의 주요그룹(Clade I, II)으로 분류되었다. Clade I은 다시 수박으로 구성된 하위집단 I-1[I-1a, I-1b-2: 각 1개와 2수박 야생종(Citrullus lanatus var. citroides Mats. & Nakai)으로 구성, I-1b-1: 6개수박 재배종(Citrullus lanatus var. vulgaris Schrad.)로 구성]과 멜론과 오이로 구성된 하위집단I-2[I-2a-1: 4개 멜론 재배종(Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Naudin.), I-2a-2: 2개 참외 재배종(Cucumis melo var. conomon Makino.), I-2b: 5개 오이 재배종(Cucumis sativus L.)]로 분류되었다. 호박으로 구성된 Clade II는 다시 Cucurbita moschata(Duch. ex Lam.) Duch. & Poir와 Cucurbita maxima Duch.로 구성된 하위집단 II-1과 Cucurbita pepo L.과 Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche로 구성된 하위집단 II-2로 나누어졌다. 이러한 결과는 기존의 종명법에 따른 분류와 일치하며, 따라서 수박 EST-SSR 마커를 이용한 타 박과 작물의 비교 유전체 등 연구분야에 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.