• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2009

We cloned and sequenced the open reading frame (ORF) cDNA encoding myostatin from the muscle of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai). The ORF cDNA of the abalone myostatin is 1134 bp and encoded 377 amino acid residues that were 60-96% homologous with the amino acids of other organism myostatins. In addition, the ORF contained a conserved proteolytic cleavage site (RXRR) and nine conserved cysteine residues in the C-terminus. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR revealed the presence of myostatin mRNA in various tissues. The strongest expression was observed in the mantle of female abalone, and the gills and heart of male abalone.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2008

원생동물 섬모충의 한 종인 Euplotes는 해산어 종묘생산시설의 로티퍼 대량배양수조에서 혼재생물로서 매우 자주 관찰된다. 그들은 로티퍼에게 먹이로 첨가되는 농축 상태의 먹이(미세조류)를 중간에서 가로채어 빠른 속도로 증식하면서 로티퍼의 증식을 방해한다. 더불어 이때 형성된 배양수조내의 세균상은 로티퍼의 전멸을 초래하기도 한다.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.253-259
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• 2006

Organic substances are released from phytoplankton cells during all phases of growth. The type and amounts of organic substance excreted and the effects of nutrient limitation are often highly species-specific. Dinoflagellate, Cochlodinium polykrikoides grown in batch culture produced an exopolysaccharide. Exopolysaccharide and intracellular polysaccharide concentrations increased as C. polykrikoides cultures progressed from exponential phase, through stationary phase, to declining phase. In the exponential phase, the concentration of exopolysaccharide was relatively low, but in the stationary phase, it showed a rapid increase which seemed to coincide with the depletion of nitrate from the medium. Of the 20 amino acids analyzed, proline dominated in the organic matter of all cultures ranging from 48.2 to 79.9 nmol L–1, and constituting the 20-90% of total amino acids, and followed by histamine varying from 0.7 to 47.5 nmol L–1. Leucine and cysteine were also abundant in the stationary phase. The release rates of exopolysaccharide and intracellualr polysaccharide were higher the end of stationary phase than in the exponential phase. Exopolysaccharide concentration per cell was more than two times higher during the end of stationary phase than that in exponential phase. C. polykrikoides produced extracellular polysaccharide at a rate of 47.04 pg cell–1 day–1.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.479-486
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• 2014

To evaluate their potential utility as an ornamental organism, novel transgenic marine medaka Oryzias dancena strains with a highly vivid fluorescent phenotype were established through transgenesis of a cyan fluorescent protein gene (cfp) driven by the endogenous fast skeletal myosin light chain 2 gene (mlc2f) promoter. The transgenic marine medaka strains possessed multiple copies of transgene integrants and passed their fluorescent transgenes successfully to subsequent generations. Transgenic expression in skeletal muscles at both the mRNA and phenotypic levels was, overall, dependent upon transgene copy numbers. In the external phenotype, an authentic fluorescent color was dominant in the skeletal muscles of the transgenic fish and clearly visible to the unaided eye. The phenotypic fluorescent color presented differentially in response to different light-irradiation sources; the transgenics displayed a yellow-green color under normal daylight or white room light conditions, a strong green-glowing fluorescence under ultraviolet light, and a cyan-like fluorescence under blue light from a light-emitting diode.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2011

Although marine living organism contains a numerious number of compounds, it is difficult to collect these compounds in a large scale for medicinal application. However, in recent years, several bioactive compounds isolated from marine macroalgae have been proved to be able to provide potential sources for development of medicinal products because they can be obtained in large amount from marine. A number of studies have reported a variety of effects of marine macroalgae but a few anti-inflammatory activity of marine macroalgae have recently been published. Herein, we reviewed novel anti-inflammatory compounds recently isolated from marine brown algae, green algae and red algae. From this survey, in particular, some compounds contained in edible macroalgae exert anti-inflammatory effects with inhibition on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase(iNOS) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) activity regulated by nuclear factor-kappa B transcription factor that play a key role in cancer as well as inflammation, demonstrating to be able to potentially apply to development of anti-inflammatory agent for chemoprevention of cancer. Furthermore, some macroalgae and their compounds with both excellent anti-inflammatory activity and very low toxicity can select a potential candidates capable of preventing or treating several chronic inflammation such as colitis, hepatitis and gastritis, leading to cancer.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.364-367
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• 2005

This study investigated the production of antioxidant from Actinomyces culture supernatant. For the research of the natural marine antioxidant, several bacteria were isolated from the coast of Je-ju in Korea. An actinomycetes strains, S-1 was identified to a genus level 16S ribosomal DNA sequence and fatty acid analysis. From these results and other characteristics described in the Bergey's Manual, this strain was identificated as a Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Strain S-1 showed high activity of 1,1-diphenyl-2-prcrylhydrazyl radical scavenging. The hydroxyl radical scavenging ability of Nocardiopsis sp. S-1 supernatant was 53%. Nutritional and cultural conditions for the production of antioxidant by this organism under shake-flask conditions have optimized. Similary initial medium pH 7.6, incubation temperature of $25^{\cicr}C$, sodium chloride concentration 2.5 and incubation time of 8 day were found to be optimal.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.456-461
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• 2023

우리나라 해양생태계의 현황을 조사 및 분석하여 해양을 지속하게 이용할 수 있도록 하며 해양생태를 보전하고 관리할 수 있도록 국가 해양생태계 종합조사를 해양수산부의 위탁을 받아 해양환경공단에서 진행하고 있다. 국가 해양생태계 종합조사는 주요 조사정점을 설정하여 한반도 주변 해역의 생태계 변화를 조사하고 있지만, 정점이 연안을 중심으로 설정되어 근해역 등 조사범위 확대가 필요한 실정이다. 한편 해양수산부 항로표지과에서는 항로표지 인양점검 시 부착생물의 사진을 촬영하여 제공함으로써 국가 해양생태계 종합 조사를 지원하고 있지만, 해양환경공단과 협의하여 지정된 등부표에 한해서 부착생물 사진을 제공한다. 이에 항로표지를 국가 해양생태계 종합조사의 정점으로 활용할 수 있도록, 항로표지 및 등부표 인양점검 시 딥러닝 기반의 영상처리 알고리즘을 활용하여 부착생물의 정보를 생성하는 연구를 진행했다. 항로표지를 국가 해양생태계 종합조사의 정점으로 활용한다면 항로표지의 활용 가치를 제고하고 우리나라 근해의 이상 해황 및 생태계 변화를 분석할 수 있는 기초자료로 활용할 수 있다.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2012

국내 연안의 다양한 양식장의 퇴적물과 양식생물에 대하여 다이옥신류(PCDD/Fs), 다이옥신류피씨비(DLPCBs), 및 브롬화방염제(PBDEs)의 잔류수준을 조사하고 분포를 평가하였다. 양식장 퇴적물 중 PCDD/Fs, DLPCBs, PBDEs는 각각 0.03~2.9(평균${\pm}$표준편차, $1.2{\pm}0.89$) pg $WHO_{2005}$-TEQ $g^{-1}$ 건중량(dw), 불검출~1.1($0.09{\pm}0.19$) pg $WHO_{2005}$-TEQ $g^{-1}$ dw, 불검출~16.6($2.96{\pm}3.53$) ng $g^{-1}$ dw 수준으로 검출되었다. 또한 양식생물 체내 함유량은 각각 불검출~0.24($0.07{\pm}0.06$) pg $WHO_{2005}$-TEQ $g^{-1}$ 습중량(ww), 불검출~0.11($0.04{\pm}0.04$) pg $WHO_{2005}$-TEQ $g^{-1}$ ww, 0.05~0.29($0.13{\pm}0.06$) ng $g^{-1}$ ww 수준이었다. 국내 연안 중 동해안과 남해안에 위치한 양식장 퇴적물 중 총다이옥신류(PCDD/Fs+DLPCBs)와 PBDEs의 농도는 서해안보다 약 4~7배 높은 수준을 보였다. 퇴적물에서는 총다이옥신류에 대한 PCDD/Fs 기여율이 대부분(평균 94%)을 차지했지만, 양식생물에서는 DLPCBs가 약 33% 수준으로 퇴적물에 비해 높은 기여율을 보였다. PBDEs 중에서는 양식장 퇴적물과 생물 모두에서 BDE209가 가장 높게 검출되었다. 이전 연구와 비교했을 때, 국내연안 퇴적물과 양식생물 중 PCDD/Fs, DLPCBs, PBDEs의 잔류수준은 대체로 감소하는 추세에 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권4호통권51호
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• pp.333-341
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• 2005

In order to know whether polychaetes could be used as an appropriate organism for the detection of genotoxicity, DNA strand breaks were evaluated in blood cells of a nereidae worm (Perinereis aibuhitensis) exposed to various aquatic chemical pollutants (e.g. Cd, Pb, Pyrene, Benaor[a]pyrene). Hydrogen peroxide increased DNA strand breaks up to the highest concentration (10 $\mu$M). Higher concentration than 0.1 $\mu$M showed a significantly more DNA damage than control. Cadmium and lead also showed higher DNA damage than control, over 1.0 and 1 $\mu$g/L, respectively. In case of pyrene, DNA damage was detected even at 0.001 $\mu$g/L. However, DNA damage decreased due to apoptosis at the highest concentration of pyrene and Pb. This study suggested that the polythaetous blood cells could be used effectively for screening genotoxic contaminants in the environment.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.28.1-28.17
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• 2017

Members of the phylum Echinodermata, commonly known as echinoderms, are exclusively marine invertebrates. Among the Echinodermata, sea cucumber belongs to the family Holothuroidea. The sea cucumber Stichopus (Apostichous) japonicus (Selenka) is an invertebrate animal inhabiting the coastal sea around Korean, Japan, China, and Russia. Sea cucumber has a significant commercial value, because it contains valuable nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. They possess a number of distinctive biologically and pharmacologically important compounds. In particular, the body wall of sea cucumber is a major edible part. It consists of peptide, collagen, gelatin, polysaccharide, and saponin, which possess several biological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-coagulation, anti-oxidation, and anti-osteoclastogenesis. Furthermore, the regenerative capacity of sea cucumber makes it a medically important organism. This review presents the various biological activities and biomedical potential of sea cucumber S. japonicus.