• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.264-270
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• 1997

The structure of plasmid mlp1, a linear 10.2kb mitochondrial plasmid of Pleurotus ostreatus NFF A2 was determined by restriction enzyme mapping and partial sequencing. The plasmid encodes at least two proteins; a putative RNA polymerase showing homology to yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase and to viral-encoded RNA polymerases, and a putative DNA polymerase showing significant homology to the family B thpe DNA polymerases. It also contains terminal inverted repeat sequences at both ends which are longer than 274 bp. A 1.6 kb EcoRI restriction fragment of m1p1 containing the putative RNA polymerase gene did not hybridize to the nuclear or motochondrial genomes from P. ostreatus, suggesting that it may encode plasmidspecific RNA polymerase. The gene fragment also did not hybridize with the RNA polymerase gene (RPO41) from Saccaromyces cerevisiae. The relationship between genes in m1p1 and those in another linear plasmid pC1K1 of Claviceps purpurea was examined by DNA hybridization. The result indicates that the genes for DNA and RNA polymerases are not closely related with those in C. purpurea.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.229-233
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• 1999

The mitochondrial plasmid pMLP1 from a white-rot fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, is a double-stranded DNA containing 381 bp terminal inverted repeat (TIR) whose 5'-ends are covalently bound by terminal proteins. The plasmid contains two major open reading frames (ORFs), encoding putative DNA and RNA polymerases, and a minor ORF encoding a small, highly basic protein. To identify the DNA binding activity that recognizes the TIR region of pMLP1, gel retardation assays were performed with mitochondrial extracts. A specific protein binding to a region between 123 and 248 nt within TIR was observed. We examined whether the gene product of mORF1 bindes to this region specifically. E. coli cell extract which contains an overproduced mORF1 protein formed a complex specific to the region between 123 and 248 nt. Inclusion of mORF1 protein in the specific complex formed between P. ostreatus mitochondrial extract and TIR was confirmed by a supershift assay using polyclonal antibodies against the mORF1 protein. Our result suggest that the product of mORF1 may function as a terminal region recognition factor (TRF), recognizing an internal region in TIR.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2001

Pleurotus ostreatus에서는 10.2 kb와 7.2 kb의 미토콘드리아 선상 플라스미드 DNA가 존재함이 발견되었다. 이 플라스미드 DNA의 양쪽 5'말단에는 단백질이 공유 결합되어있다고 알려져 있다. 최근에 P.ostreatus의 10.2 kb 미토콘드리아 선상 플라스미드 DNA를 다른 곰팡이의 선상 플라스미드 DNA에 존재하는 open reading frame(ORF)와 비교 분석하여 Podospora anserina의 플라스미드 pAL2의 DNA polymerase 및 RNA polymerase 암호부위와 유사성이 있음이 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 7.2 kb선상 DNA를 HindIII잘라서 얻은 2조각의 절편(4.7 kb, 2.3 kb)을 클로닝하고 염기 서열을 분석하였다. 클로닝된 7 kb 절편에는 3개의 ORF,즉 ORF1(2982 bp, 993 amino acids), ORF2(2703 bp, 900 amino acids), ORF3(771 bp, 256 amino acids)가 존재함을 확인하였다 또한, 이들의 ORF를 분석한 결과, DNA polymerase와 RNA polymerase 암호부위와 유사성 이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 1993

백색 부후균인 plaurotus ostreatus 의 4가지의 균주로부터 각각 10.2 kb 와 7.2 kb (NFFA 2), 두 종류의 10.2 kb (NFFA 4001) 11.2 kb (NFFA 4501), 10.2kb 와 11.2 kb(KFCC 11635) 크기의 미토콘드리아 플라스미드들을 분리해 내었다. NFFA 2 의 변종인 NFFA 2m1 과 NFFA 2m2 에서는 이들 플라스미드가 관찰되지 않았다. 분별 원심분리에 의해 얻은 미토콘드리아에서 핵산을 추출하여 agarose gel 에서 전기영동시키면 플라스미드가 관찰되지 않았으나 proteinase K 를 처리하고 핵산을 추출하여 전기영동한 결과 이들 플라스미드가 관찰되었는에, 이는 플라스미드상에 단백질인 결합되어 있음을 시사한다. Proteinase K 를 처리한 플라스미드 DNA 와 exonuclease 를 반응시킨 결과, 이들 플라스미드들은 5'말단에 단백질이 결합된 성형 이중가닥 DNA의 구조를 가진 것을 확인하였다. 각 플라스미드들의 상호관계를 조사하기 위하여 Southern hybridization 을 수행한 결과 최소 3가지 종류의 플라스미드들로 분류할 수 있었다. 이중 한 그룹 (group I) 은 모든 P. ostreatus 균주들에서 공통적으로 발견되었다. Pleurotus 속의 5가지 다른 종(P. cornucopiae, P. florida, P. pulmonarius, P. sajor-cuja, P. spodoleucus) 의 균주들로부터 미토콘드리아 플라스미드들을 분리하였다. 이들은 한균주당 1-4 개 까지의 플라스미드를 가지며, 플라스미드의 크기는 7.2 kb-14kb 범위에 있었다. P. ostreatus 의 NFFA 2 의 10.2 kb(group I) 플라스미드와 hybridization 을 수행한 결과 P. cornucopiae ASI 2011을 제외한 다른 모든 균주들이 유사한 염기서열의 플라스미드를 갖고 있음을 알았다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.228-233
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• 1997

The MTF1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a 43 kDa MITOCHONDRIAL RNA polymerase specificity factor which recognizes mitochondrial promoters to initiate correct transcription. To better understand structure-function of the MTF1 gene as well as the transcription mechanism of mitochondrial RNA polymerase, two cold-sensitive alleles of the MTF1 mutation were isolated by plasmid shuffling method after PCR-based random mutagenesis of the MTF1 gene. The mutation sites were analyzed by nucleotide sequencing. These cs phenotype mtf1 mutants were respiration competent on the nonfermentible glycerol medium at the permissive temperature, but incompetent at 13.deg.C. The cs phenotype allele of the MTF1, yJH147, encoded an L146P replacement. The other cs allele, yJH148, contained K179E and K214M double replacements. Mutations in both alleles were in a region of Mtflp which is located between domains with amino acid sequence similarities to conserved regions 2 and 3 of bacterial s factors.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.276.1-276
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• 1997

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• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권16호
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• pp.6977-6982
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• 2014

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a Lipofectamine2000 (Life2000) Transfection Reagent transfected psiRNA-STAT3 plasmid on 4T1 breast cancer cells. Materials and Methods: MTT was used to detect the cell proliferation of breast cancer 4T1 cells at different periods (0h, 6h, 8h, 10h); the cell cycle was assessed by flow cytometry; variation of apoptosis and mitochondrial membrane potential was observed under a fluorescence microscope; immunohistochemical staining was used to determine the expression of caspase-3 and cyclin-D1 protein. Results: An obvious effect of inhibition to 4T1 cancer cells could be observed at 8h after the psiRNA-STAT3 was transfected. Typical alterations of apoptotic morphological features were visible in the psiRNA-STAT3 treatment group. Mitochondrial membrane potential decreased significantly, the number of cells was increased in G0/G1 phase, and the number of cells was decreased in S phase, and the data were statistically significant (p<0.05), compared with the Scramble and Mock groups. Expression of caspase-3 protein was increased significantly, while that of cyclin D1 was significantly decreased. Conclusions: Life2000 transfected psiRNA-STAT3 plasmid can inhibit 4T1 tumor cell proliferation and promote apoptosis of 4T1 tumor cells, which process depends on the regulation of expression of cyclin D1 and caspase-3 protein.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.365-368
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• 2006

본 실험에서는 식물의 유용유전자를 개발하여 그 발현양상을 확인하기 위하여 효모를 이용하면 그 발현양상을 비교적 빠르게 확인할 수 있는 미토콘드리아 형질전환 방법을 규명하였다. 또한 미토콘드리아(mt)에 관련된 유전자를 TPI promoter를 가진 plasmid에 재조합한 후 효모에 형질전환하여 mt에서 그 유전자의 특성이 발현 되는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과로 mt에 관련된 유전자를 식물의 조직에 형질전환 하여 1개 이상의 유전자가 식물의 mt에 삽입되어 그 유전자의 특성이 발현되는데 이용되어 질수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2006

Sperm-mediated gene transfer(SMGT) can be used to transfer exogenous DNA into the oocyte at fertilization. The main objective of this study was to assess efficiency of transferring mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) fragment into boar spermatozoa in either presence or absence of liposome and quality of transfected spermatozoa. The mtDNA of chicken liver was isolated and purified by phenol and alkaline lysis extraction, and it was inserted to plasmid. The genome of transfected spermatozoa treated with DNase I was purified by alkaline lysis, and then amplified by the PCR analysis. After electrophoresis, DNA quantitation of each well was calculated by comparison of the band intensity with standard. As a result, exogenous DNA was composed of mtDNA fragment(1.2 kb) and plasmid(2.7 kb). On the other hand, efficiency of transfection by liposome($9.0{\pm}0.34ng/{\mu}l$) in SMGT was higher than that by DNA solution($6.9{\pm}0.53ng/{\mu}l$). However, there was no significant difference. Transfering exogenous DNA into spermatozoa was completed within 90 min of incubation. In another experiment, there were significant (p<0.05) differences between transfected spermatozoa using both DNA solution and DNA/liposome completes with unheated spermatozoa for viability ($70.8{\pm}1.80$ and $68.0{\pm}2.16%$ vs. $83.3{\pm}1.69%$, respectively) and motility($78.7{\pm}1.59$ and $79.3{\pm}2.14%$ vs. $86.7{\pm}1.59%$, respectively). This study indicates that exogenous mtDNA can be efficiently transferred into boar spermatozoa regardless of the presence of liposome, and transfected spermatozoa can also use insemination and in vitro fertilization to generate transgenic pig.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.38-39
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• 1996

The internal regions of nuclear small subunit rRNA from 6 plaeurotus species and 5 Pleurotus ostreatus strains were amplified by PCR and sequenced. The DNA sequences of 8 Pleurotus strains (P. ostreatus NFFA2, NFFA4501, NFFA4001, KFFA4001, KFCC11635, P florida, P. florida, P. sajor-cuju, P. pulmonarius, and P. spodoleucus) were idential, but P. cornucopiae differed from them in two bases out of 605 bases. However, p[hylogenetic analysis of the sequences by DNA-distance matrix and UPGMA methods showed that P. ostreatus NFFA2m1 and NFFA2m2, known as mutants of P. ostreatus NFFA2, belonged to anther group of Basidiomycotina, which is close to the genus Auricularia. The difference of the SSU rDNA sequences of P. cornucopiae from other Pleurotus species tested corresponds to the difference of mitochondrial plasmid type present in Pleurotus species as observed by Kim et al. (1993, Korean J. Microbiol. 31, 141-147).