• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2013

The innate immune system is the only defense weapon that invertebrates have, and it is the fundamental defense mechanism for fish. The innate immune response is important in newly hatched flounders because it is closely involved in the initial feeding phase, which is why it is essential for survival during the juvenile period. The expression analysis of genes involved in the innate immune response in the olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in the days after hatching is incomplete. Therefore, we have begun to examine the expression patterns of genes specifically induced during the development of the innate immune system in newly hatched flounders. Microscopic observation showed that pronephron formation corresponded with the expression of perforin-encoding gene. These results suggest that perforin plays a vital role in the innate immunity of the kidney during developmental stages. Perforin expression was strong at the start of the development of the innate immune response, and continued throughout all the development stages. Our findings have important implications with respect to perforin's biological role and the evolution of the first defense mechanisms in olive flounder. Further studies are required to elucidate the perforin-mediated innate immunity response and to decipher the functional role of perforin in developmental stages.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 2013

Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is one of the commercial important flatfish species in Korea. The ocular signal transduction pathway is important in newly hatched flounders because it is closely involved in the initial feeding phase thus essential for survival during the juvenile period. However, the study of gene expression during ocular development is incomplete in olive flounder. Therefore we examined the expression analysis of specifically induced genes during the development of the visual system in newly hatched flounders. We searched ocular development-involved gene in the database of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from olive flounder eye and this gene similar to arrestin with a partial sequence homology. Microscopic observation of retinal formation corresponded with the time of expression of the arrestin gene in the developmental stage. These results suggest that arrestin plays a vital role in the visual signal transduction pathway of the retina during ocular development. The expression of arrestin was strong in the ocular system during the entirety of the development stages. Our findings regarding arrestin have important implications with respect to its biological role and evolution of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling in olive flounder. Further studies are required on the GPCR-mediated signaling pathway and to decipher the functional role of arrestin.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.51.1-51.5
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• 2023

The genus Neoarius, known as marine catfish, is a group of the family Ariidae, composed of 10 species found in Oceania. None of the species in this genus have their mitochondrial genome described, which is highly valuable in phylogenetic and molecular evolution studies. For the present work, eight species from the Neoarius genus were selected: Neoarius utarus, Neoarius midgleyi, Neoarius graeffei, Neoarius leptaspis, Neoarius berenyi, Neoarius paucus, Neoarius pectoralis, and Neoarius aff. graeffei. DNA sequences of the eight species were obtained through the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database, and the mitochondrial genomes were assembled using the NOVOplasty tool on the Galaxy platform, subsequently annotated with the MitoAnnotator tool. We then utilized the protein-coding genes from the mitogenomes to estimate the phylogenetic relationships within the group, including seven additional mitogenomes available in the NCBI. In all species, the mitochondrial genomes presented 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 1 D-loop.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2014

The early growth response protein 1 (Egr-1) is a widely reported zinc finger protein and a well known transcription factor encoded by the Egr-1 gene, which plays key roles in many aspects of vertebrate embryogenesis and in adult vertebrates. The Egr-1 expression is important in the formation of the gill vascular system in flounders, which develops during the post-hatching phase and is essential for survival during the juvenile period. However, the complete details of Egr-1 expression during embryo development in olive flounder are not available. We assessed the expression patterns of Egr-1 during the early development of olive flounders by using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. Microscopic observations showed that gill filament formation corresponded with the Egr-1 expression. Thus, we showed that Egr-1 plays a vital role in angiogenesis in the gill filaments during embryogenesis. Further, Egr-1 expression was found to be strong at 5 days after hatching (DAH), in the development of the gill vascular system, and this strong expression level was maintained throughout all the development stages. Our findings have important implications with respect to the biological role of Egr-1 and evolution of the first respiratory blood vessels in the gills of olive flounder. Further studies are required to elucidate the Egr-1-mediated stress response and to decipher the functional role of Egr-1 in developmental stages.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2002년도 Join Meetings of Korean Society of Sericultural Science and Japanse Society of Sericultural Science
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• pp.46-46
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• 2002

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• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1696-1701
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• 2010

The ${\alpha}$-amylases activity was improved by random mutagenesis and screening. A region comprising residues from the position 34-281 was randomly mutated in B. licheniformis ${\alpha}$-amylase (AmyL), and the library with mutations ranging from low, medium, and high frequencies was generated. The library was screened using an effective liquid-phase screening method to isolate mutants with an altered pH profile. The sequencing of improved variants indicated 2-5 amino acid changes. Among them, mutant TP8H5 showed an altered pH profile as compared with that of wild type. The sequencing of variant TP8H5 indicated 2 amino acid changes, Ile157Ser and Trp193Arg, which were located in the solvent accessible flexible loop region in domain B.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.256-262
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• 1999

To evaluate the genetic diversity and structure of the South Korean soybean population, 233 landraces collected in various regions of the country were surveyed for 15 allozyme loci and one protein locus. The South Korean population was fixed or nearly fixed at seven of the 16 loci tested. The number of alleles per locus was 2.06 and Nei’s gene diversity was 0.194. These values were lower than the values for the same 16 loci previously reported for the Japanese and Chinese populations. The differences among eight regional groups were not so marked, with only 7.2% of the total variation arising from regional differentiation. Three southern regional groups (Chollabuk-do, Chollanam-do and Kyong-sangnam-do) exhibited a relatively high variability because of frequent occurrence of alleles characteristic of the Japanese population. A marked difference was found in allelic frequencies at the Dial locus between large-seeded landraces and small-seeded ones, suggesting that the latter, which are used mainly for bean sprouts, had been established independently of the former, which are used mostly for soy sauce and cooking with rice. Not only the region but also the usage as food materials should therefore be taken into consideration in designing an efficient collection and preservation method for the Korean soybean landraces.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.693-711
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• 2009

이 연구의 목적은 제 7차 교육과정의 초 중등학교에서 가르치는 생물 수업 목표 간의 연계성을 분석하는 것이다. 이 연구를 위해 각학년에서 7개의 중요한 영역인 세포, 식물의 형태와 기능, 동물의 형태와 기능, 유전, 생물의 다양성, 진화, 생태와 환경 영역을 분석하였다. 목표들 간의 관계를 나타내기 위해 수업 목표의 연계성 지도를 제시하였다. 이 연구 결과의 요약은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 세포에 대한 개념은 초등학교를 포함해서 저학년에서 충분히 다루어지지 않고 있다. 에너지 대사 개념이 반복적으로 다루어지고 있지만, 초등학교에서 에너지 대사 개념을 학습할 때 에너지 개념은 다루지 않았다. 둘째, 고등학교와는 달리 초등학교와 중학교의 교과서들이 식물의 형태와 기능에 관한 주요 개념들을 다루고 있다. 셋째, 유전과 진화와 같은 개념이 추상적인 개념이어서 중학교 이상인 고학년에서 다루어지고 있다. 생물의 다양성뿐만 아니라 유전과 진화가 학년간의 연계성이 없어서, 새로운 교육과정에서는 이러한 개념들 간의 연계가 필요하다. 넷째, 생물의 다양성, 생태와 환경, 진화 그리고 식물의 형태와 기능 영역이 일부 학년 수준에서만 제한적으로 다루어지고 있다. 초중고의 모든 학년을 통하여 수업 목표간의 연계성을 알아보는 수업 목표 간의 연계성 분석 결과는 교육과정과 교과서 개발을 위한 초기 자료로써 중요한 역할을 할 것이다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.1088-1090
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• 1997

This paper presents an effective methodology of optimal environmental and economic operation using evolution strategy. In power systems, evolution strategy, based on natural selection and genetics, can analyze non-linear and discontinuous functions in global search techniques. The formulation using this search techniques is multi-objective function, which consists of fuel cost and environmental effects concerning the pollution of the Earth's atmosphere caused by the emission of $SO_2$ and $NO_x$ from thermal generator plants. The proposed algorithms are applied on system with 6 generator.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제27권4호통권91호
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• pp.274-279
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• 1999

먹물버섯속 및 눈물버섯속 균류의 계통학적 유연관계 분석을 위해 rDNA의 cluster 중 ITS 영역을 Polymerase Chain Reaction(PCR)로 증폭하여 염기서열을 밝혔다. 이들의 ITS I, II 영역은 각각 $258{\sim}301\;bp,\;253{\sim}275\;bp$의 염기쌍으로 이루어져 있었으며 균주간 ITS 염기서열의 상동성은 $43.9{\sim}96%$로 나타났다. 이들의 염기서열을 이용해 분류도(tree)를 작성한 결과, Singer의 형태적 분류체계와 거의 유사한 결과를 보였으나 눈물버섯속 균류들은 먹물버섯속 내 그룹 II의 종들과 함께 분지를 형성하였고 먹물버섯속의 의기준종(type species)인 C. comatus는 조사된 다른 동일 속의 종들과의 유사도에서 50%수준의 저조한 상동성을 보여주었다. 이와 같은 결과로 볼 때 먹물버섯류가 기존의 다수 학자들이 보고한 단일 계통진화(monophyletic evolution)를 해온 속이란 점에서 의문점을 남기었고 좀더 많은 조사가 필요하겠으나 눈물버섯속 균류도 먹물버섯속 균류와 분리시키는 것보다는 동일 속으로 분류하는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 사료되었다.