• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1994

To elucidate the relationship between steroidogenesis and sex differentiation in the duck, plasma, testicular and ovarian testosterone, estradiol-$17{\beta}$ and progesterone concentration in male and female embryo of day 11 to 27 (just before hatching) of incubation and in 1- to 7-day-old male and female duckling were investigated by radioimmunoassays. Plasma estradiol-$17{\beta}$ concentration in female embryos declined from very high at days 11 and 15 of incubation and remained at low levels after hatching. Male plasma estradiol-$17{\beta}$ concentration were always lower than those of the female throughout this period. Plasma testosterone and progesterone concentrations in both sexes were low during the embryonic stage, but then increased to peaks 3 days and 1 day after hatching, respectively. Estradiol-$17{\beta}$ contents were much higher in the left ovary than the right ovary or testes throughout the experimental period. The estradiol-$17{\beta}$ content of the left ovary was very high at day 15 of incubation, and decreased gradually thereafter. Both in right ovary and testes, estradiol-$17{\beta}$ contents were always low. Testosterone and progesterone contents in the left ovary were low from day 11 to 23 of incubation, and reached a peak 1 day after hatching. Progesterone content in the right ovary and testes were low levels over time period examined. Testosterone and progesterone contents were much higher in the left ovary than the right ovary and testes. The present results clearly demonstrate that the capacity of the embryonic left ovary of duck to synthesize estradiol-$17{\beta}$ and testosterone is much higher than that of the embryonic testis. It is suggested that estrogen secreted from the embryonic ovary earlier than day 15 of incubation has an important role in female sexual differentiation in the duck, and the sex of the avian species is basically male with homozygous sex chromosome (ZZ).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.614-622
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• 2013

Daqu, a traditional fermentation starter, has been used to produce attractively flavored foods such as vinegar and Chinese liquor for thousands of years. Although Bacillus spp. are one of the dominant microorganisms in Daqu, more precise information is needed to reveal why and how Bacillus became dominant in Daqu, and next, to assess the impact of Bacillus sp. on Daqu and its derived products. We combined culture-dependent and culture-independent methods to study the ecology of Bacillus during Daqu incubation. Throughout the incubation, 67 presumptive Bacillus spp. isolates were obtained, 52 of which were confirmed by 16S rDNA sequencing. The identified organisms belonged to 8 Bacillus species: B. licheniformis, B. subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. cereus, B. circulans, B. megaterium, B. pumilus, and B. anthracis. A primer set specific for Bacillus and related genera was used in a selective PCR study, followed by a nested DGGE PCR targeting the V9 region of the 16S rDNA. Species identified from the PCR-DGGE fingerprints were related to B. licheniformis, B. subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. pumilus, B. benzoevorans, and B. foraminis. The predominant species was found to be B. licheniformis. Certain B. licheniformis strains exhibited potent antimicrobial activities. The greatest species diversity occurred at the Liangmei stage of Daqu incubation. To date, we lack sufficient knowledge of Bacillus distribution in Daqu. Elucidating the ecology of Bacillus during Daqu incubation would enable the impact of Bacillus on Daqu to be accessed, and the quality and stabilization of Daqu-derived products to be optimized.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.476-482
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• 2013

The present study makes an investigation into expression of genes related to cardiac development in chicken, quail and chicken-quail hybrids during the early stage of embryogenesis. Real-time PCR was used to detect mRNA expressions of Nkx2-5, GATA4 and TBX5 in the heart of chicken, quail and chicken-quail hybrids embryos during the 3rd to 7th days of incubation. Results showed that NKX2-5 mRNA displayed a similar expression trend in chicken, quail and chicken-quail hybrids. The initial and highest expression of Nkx2-5 was focused on the 3rd day of incubation, then it declined till 5th day of incubation, thereafter, it fluctuated. Expression of Nkx2-5 gene in quail was significantly higher than in chicken and chicken-quail hybrids, and no significant difference was observed between the two latter species. GATA4 mRNA showed a similar expression trend between chicken and quail, which displayed a steady increase from 3rd to 6th d, then, the expression level decreased. However, GATA4 mRNA expression in chicken-quail hybrids was significantly higher than that in chicken and quail from 3rd to 5th d (p<0.01), but significantly lower than that in chicken and quail during the later stage of the experiment (p<0.05), due to the dramatic drop from 5th d onwards (p<0.01). TBX5 mRNA expression in chicken and quail showed the same trend as GATA4 expressed in the two species. Furthermore, TBX5 expression in chicken-quail hybrids was significantly higher than that in chicken and quail during the whole course of experiment, although relatively lower TBX5 expression was detected in the early stage. In conclusion, Nkx2-5, GATA4 and TBX5 genes showed dynamic changes during the process of cardiac development in chicken, quail and their hybrids embryos. In addition, the expression trend in chicken was similar to that in quail, and there was no significant difference for gene expression level, except NKX2-5. However, expression of these genes in chicken-quail hybrids was significantly different from their parents, the difference mechanism needs to be further explored.

• Mycobiology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.205-209
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• 2007

Ergosterol involves in fungal cell growth as a major component in fungal cell membranes. It can be an indicator that shows the fungal activity, and its content depends on the fungal strains, culture, growth conditions and so on. In this study, fungal activities and growth patterns of three white-rot fungi strains isolated in Korea were evaluated by determination of ergosterol contents during the incubation. Wood decay test and chemical analyses of wood were also performed to verify the relationship between fungal activity and wood degrading capacity of white-rot fungi for 60 days. In the results of experiments, it is considered that the test strains selectively degrade large amount of lignin in wood at the early stage of decay. Especially, Phanerochaete chrysosporium showed the best capability on selective degradation of lignin among the test fungi. It is suggested that the determination of ergosterol content in the fungal culture during the incubation is the simple and effective screening method of white-rot fungi for the application to biopulping of wood.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.201-205
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• 1971

Moving boundary, paper 및 starch gel electrophoresis와 column chromatography에 의한 난단백의 분리에 대하여서는 오랫동안 연구되어 왔으나 본 실험에서는 난단백의 thick층과 thin층의 부화과정의 변화에 대하여 acrylamide gel을 이용한 disc electrophoresis를 통하여 필름으로 기록 관찰한 결과를 보고한다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.432-444
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• 1987

Very early stage of chick embryo cultivated in the medium containing DLtryptophan by beaker method has been investigated in vitro morphologically using electron microscopy at cellular level and found that the development of tryptophan treated chick embryos corresponding to 18∼66 hrs incubation was impaired and york granule degradation was significantly delayed. It was also found that DNA, RNA and protein biosynthesis of tryptophan treated chick embryo was greatly lowered than those of control group. Conversion of L-tryptophan into serotonin was traced using 14C-L-tryptophan and found that 13.8cA of added radioactivity was recovered from serotonin formed during 18 hrs incubation and the amounts of serotonin formed were depend upon added amount of tryptophan in e99 yolk. It seemed that the serotonin formed from external tryptophan might inhibit the degradation of yolk granule by feedback mechanism, resulting in malformation of chick embryogenesis.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.191-191
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• 2000

The mechanism of the blowhole and the pit formation in lap-jointed fillet CO₂ arc welds of Zn-coated steel sheet was established by the direct observation of the gas behavior in the molten pool with the high speed camera system. Main conclusions obtained are as follows1) Some blowholes were formed by incomplete back-filling to the pits at the last stage of the solidification. This type of blowhole was formed through four stages of gas in the molten pool, incubation, explosion, back-filling and completion of back-filling stage.2) Most of the pits was back-filled at the last stage of their formation. (Received September 27, 1999)

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2000

The mechanism of the blowhole and the pit formation in lap-jointed fillet Co₂arc welds of Zn-coated steel sheet was established by the direct observation of the gas behavior in the molten pool with the high speed camera system. Main conclusions obtained are as follows: 1) Some blowholes were formed by incomplete back-filling to the pits at the last stage of the solidification. This type of blowhole was formed through four stages of gas in the molten pool, incubation, explosion, back-filling and completion of back-filling stage. 2) Most of the pits was back-filled at the last stage of their formation.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.302-309
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• 2000

미생물제의 퇴비부숙효과를 검토하기 위하여 국내에 유통되고있는 Lacto외 4종 미생물제에 대한 퇴비부숙 촉진 효과를 보면 볏짚에서는 락토 및 천보, 생력등 일부 미생물(微生物)제의 처리에 의하여 초기에 부숙촉진경향이 관찰되었으나 초기에 부숙이 촉진되었던 처리는 후기에 부숙속도가 늦어지고 초기에 부숙속도가 늦었던 처리는 후기에 부숙속도가 빨라짐으로서 결국 미생물제처리 40일경에는 미생물제 사이에 뚜렷한 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 또한 미생물제를 시용하면 볏짚부숙중에 사상균수의 증가가 현저하였으며 볏짚의 부숙과 사상균수의 변동과 일치하는 경향을 보였으나, 계분톱밥부숙에 미치는 미생물제의 영향을 보면 퇴적초기에는 세균, 방선균, 사상균 모두 균수가 극히 적었으며 세균수만이 시간이 경과함에 따라 균수의 증가가 현저한 점으로 미루어 볼 때 세균이 계분톱밥퇴비의 부숙에 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제12권4호통권37호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2005

공정조성의 SnPb 솔더 선형시편에서 electromigration 현상을 실시간 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 관찰하였다. 공정조성 SnPb 솔더시편에 대한 electronigration 실험은 ${\times}10^4A/cm^2,\;90^{\circ}C$에서 실시하였다. 주사전자현미경 챔버 내에서 진행되는 electromigration 실험 동안 음극의 보이드 형성과 양극의 힐록 성장을 실시간으로 관찰하였다. 음극에서 일어나는 보이드 크기를 실시간 관찰한 결과, 공정조성 SnPb 솔더의 electromigration 거동은 보이드 형성 전에 가지는 잠복기의 존재를 명확히 알 수 있었고, 본 결과는 electromigration 거동으로 인한 플립칩 솔더 범프의 보이드 생성에 대한 잠복기와 관련이 있었다.