• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.804-811
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• 2018

Objective: Complete mtDNA D-loop sequences of four Thai indigenous chicken varieties, including Pra-dhu-hang-dam (PD), Leung-hang-khao (LK), Chee (CH), and Dang (DA) were explored for genetic diversity and relationships with their potential ancestor and possible associates to address chicken domestication in Thailand. Methods: A total of 220 complete mtDNA D-loop sequences of the four Thai indigenous chicken varieties were obtained by Sanger direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction amplicons of 1,231 to 1,232 base pair in size. A neighbor-joining dendrogram was constructed with reference complete mtDNA D-loop sequences of Red Junglefowl (RJF) and those different chicken breeds available on National Center for Biotechnology Information database. Genetic diversity indices and neutrality test by Tajima's D test were performed. Genetic differences both within and among populations were estimated using analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA). Pairwise fixation index ($F_{ST}$) was conducted to evaluated genetic relationships between these varieties. Results: Twenty-three identified haplotypes were classified in six haplogroups (A-E and H) with the majority clustered in haplogroup A and B. Each variety was in multiple haplogroups with haplogroups A, B, D, and E being shared by all studied varieties. The averaged haplotype and nucleotide diversities were, respectively 0.8607 and 0.00579 with non-significant Tajima's D values being observed in all populations. Haplogroup distribution was closely related to that of RJF particularly Gallus gallus gallus (G. g. gallus) and G. g. spadiceus. As denoted by AMOVA, the mean diversity was mostly due to within-population variation (90.53%) while between-population variation (9.47%) accounted for much less. By pairwise $F_{ST}$, LK was most closely related to DA ($F_{ST}=0.00879$) while DA was farthest from CH ($F_{ST}=0.24882$). Conclusion: All 4 Thai indigenous chickens are in close relationship with their potential ancestor, the RJF. A contribution of shared, multiple maternal lineages was in the nature of these varieties, which have been domesticated under neutral selection.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1223-1228
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• 2012

The population sizes of three Korean indigenous cattle populations have been drastically reduced over the past decades. In this study, we examined the extent to which reduction in populations influenced genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history using complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences. The complete mtDNA control region was sequenced in 56 individuals from Korean Black (KB), Jeju Black (JEB) and Korean Brindle (BRI) cattle populations. We included 27 mtDNA sequences of Korean Brown (BRO) from the GenBank database. Haplotype diversity estimate for the total population was high (0.870) while nucleotide diversity was low (0.004). The KB showed considerably low nucleotide (${\pi}$ = 0.001) and haplotype (h = 0.368) diversities. Analysis of molecular variance revealed a low level of genetic differentiation but this was highly significant (p<0.001) among the cattle populations. Of the total genetic diversity, 7.6% was attributable to among cattle populations diversity and the rest (92.4%) to differences within populations. The mismatch distribution analysis and neutrality tests revealed that KB population was in genetic equilibrium or decline. Indeed, unless an appropriate breeding management practice is developed, inbreeding and genetic drift will further impoverish genetic diversity of these cattle populations. Rational breed development and conservation strategy is needed to safeguard these cattle population.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1297-1304
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• 2006

A systematic study of the structure, energetics and spectral characteristics of substituted aminoketenes $R(NH_2)$C=C=O (R = H, $CH_3$, $NH_2$, OH, $OCH_3$, CH=$CH_2$, C$\equiv$CH, CN, CHO, NO, $NO_2$) which are highly reactive and transient intermediates in synthesis has been conducted by ab initio calculations at the MP2/6- 31G*//MP2/6-31G* level. Twenty four stable isomers of the eleven substituted aminoketenes having dihedral angles $\phi NH_2\sim120{^{\circ}}$ and $60^{\circ}$ have been identified and their optimized geometries and energies obtained. Electrostatic and steric effects on the molecular geometries have been analyzed. While the $\pi$-acceptor groups lead to planar conformations, the electron-donor groups give rise to non-planar conformations. Isodesmic substituent stabilization energies relative to alkenes have been calculated and correlation with group electronegativities established. Role of induction effect by the substituent groups and resonance effects in charge distribution in the molecules has been analyzed. An analysis of the asymmetric stretching frequencies and intensities of the C=C=O group shows that affect of non-$\pi$ acceptor substituents on the frequency is determined by the field effect (F) and resonance effect (R) parameters, the calculated intensities I (km/mol.) are correlated to group electronegativities $x$ of the substituents by the relationship I = 640.2–100.1 $x$ (r = 0.92). The $\pi$-acceptor substituents increase the intensity which may be explained in terms of their delocalizing effect on the negative charge at the $C_{\beta}$ atom.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.311-321
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• 2009

Three categories (freshwater, amphidromous, and marine fishes) of Taiwanese fishes are analyzed on the basis of zoogeographic elements, viz. China element, Indo-China element, Indo-West Pacific element, Indo-Pacific element, North-Pacific element, Japan-Oregon element, and circumtropical element. Freshwater fishes, which include the China and Indo-China elements, are distributed on part of the boundary area between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions of Wallace (1876). Diadromous fishes include the North-Pacific, Indo-China and Indo-West Pacific elements. Taiwanese salmon, a landlocked (initially diadromous) species that became established in Taiwan between 0.5 my B.P. and the early Pleistocene, is recognized as a distinct taxon included within the Oncorhynchus masou complex, which comprises here three species and two subspecies, viz. Oncorhynchus masou masou (Sancheoneo, Songeo, Sakura-masu or Yamame), O. masou ishikawae (Satsuki-masu or Amago), O. sp. (Biwa-masu), and O. formosanus (Taiwanese salmon), based on molecular, morphological and biological studies. Marine fishes are discussed under the following headings, brackish-water fishes (fishes of brackish waters and seas adjacent to continental coastlines, North Pacific and Indo-West Pacific elements; fishes of brackish waters and seas primarily around islands, Indo-West Pacific element), reef fishes (fishes of inshore reefs along continental coastlines from 0 to ca.100 m depth, Indo-West Pacific element; fishes of inshore reefs primarily around islands from 0 to ca.100 m depth, Indo-West Pacific element; fishes of offshore reefs along continental shelf edges from ca.150 to 300 m depth, circumtropical and Indo-Pacific elements; fishes of offshore reefs primarily around islands from ca.150 to 300 m depth, Indo-Pacific element), demersal fishes (fishes on continental shelves shallower than ca.150 m depth, Indo-West Pacific and Japan-Oregon elements; fishes on edges and upper continental slopes from ca.150 m to 500 m depth, Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Pacific, and circumtropical elements; fishes on lower continental slopes to abyssal plains from ca.500 m to 6,000 m depth, circumtropical element and rarely Indo-Pacific element), pelagic fishes (epipelagic fishes from 0 to ca.150 m depth, Indo-West Pacific, Indo-Pacific or circumtropical elements; meso- and bathypelagic fishes from ca.150 to 3,000 m depth, circumtropical element). The distribution of Taiwanese marine fishes are influenced by the Kuroshio Current, low-salinity and low-temperature waters from mainland China, and sea-bottom topography.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.180-191
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• 2016

Optimizing energy usage for maximum efficiency is an essential goal for manufacturing plants in every industrial manufacturing sector. The generation and distribution of purifying compressed air is a large expense incurred in practically all manufacturing processes. Not only is the generation and treatment expensive equipment of compressed air, but frequent maintenance and effective operation is also required. As a plant's compressed air system is often an integral part of the production process, it needs to be reliable, efficient, and easy to be maintain. In this paper, we study to find operating method to save energy from the adsorption dryer in the process of purifying compressed air, which is required for a clean room production site in "A" company. The compressed air passes through a pressure vessel with two "towers" filled with a material such as activated alumina, silica gel, molecular sieve or other desiccant material. This desiccant material attracts the water from the compressed air via adsorption. As the water clings to the desiccant, the desiccant particle becomes saturated. Therefore, Adsorption dryer is an extremely significant facility which removes the moisture in the air $70^{\circ}C$ below the dew point temperature while using a lot of energy. Also, the energy consumption of the adsorption dryer can be varied by various operating conditions (time, pressure, temperature, etc). Therefore, based on existing operating experiments, we have searched operating condition to maximize energy saving by changing operating conditions of the facility. However, due to a short experiment period (from September to October), further research will be focused on considering seasonality.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2016

본 연구는 메밀 알곡에 비해 유효성분이 많음에도 불구하고 식품학적 가치가 떨어져 폐기되고 있는 메밀껍질을 기능성 식품소재로 활용하기 위해 메밀껍질을 효소로 분해하여 수용성 식품섬유를 생산하고자 하였다. 메밀껍질을 효소를 이용하여 72시간 분해하여 수용성 식품섬유의 수율을 측정한 결과, 72시간 효소분해 후 셀룰로스 및 헤미셀룰로스 분획으로부터 얻은 수용성 식품섬유는 각각 60.5 g/kg, 123.7 g/kg이었으며, 총 수용성 식품섬유의 수율은 129.8 g/kg이었다. 겔 크로마토그래피에 의한 수용성 식품섬유의 분자량 추이를 측정한 결과, 분해 시간이 증가함에 따라 저분자의 피크가 크게 증가하여 효소 반응 시간이 증가할수록 분해가 진행되었다. 효소분해되지 않은 메밀껍질의 수용성 식품섬유에 비해 효소분해에 의해 생산된 식품섬유소의 산화방지 활성이 높게 나타났으며, 대조군에 비해 높은 포도당 및 담즙산 흡수 지연효과를 보였다. 따라서 메밀껍질로부터 생산된 수용성 식품섬유소는 산화방지를 비롯한 포도당 및 콜레스테롤의 흡수저하 효과를 가진 건강기능식품 소재로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.266-271
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• 2020

Breast cancer encompasses a major portion of human cancers and must be carefully monitored for appropriate diagnoses and treatments. Among the many types of breast cancers, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has the worst prognosis and the least cases reported. To gain a better understanding and a more decisive precursor for TNBC, two major histone modifications, an activating modification H3K4me3 and a repressive modification H3K27me3, were analyzed using data from normal breast cell lines against TNBC cell lines. The combination of these two histone markers on the gene promoter regions showed a great correlation with gene expression. A list of signature genes was defined as active (highly enriched H3K4me3), including NOVA1, NAT8L, and MMP16, and repressive genes (highly enriched H3K27me3), IRX2 and ADRB2, according to the distribution of these histone modifications on the promoter regions. To further enhance the investigation, potential candidates were also compared with other types of breast cancer to identify signs specific to TNBC. RNA-seq data was implemented to confirm and verify gene regulation governed by the histone modifications. Combinations of the biomarkers based on H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 showed the diagnostic value AUC 93.28% with P-value of 1.16e-226. The results of this study suggest that histone modification analysis of opposing histone modifications may be valuable toward developing biomarkers and targets for TNBC.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.6-12
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 농산부산물인 배추 겉잎의 이용성을 증진시키기 위하여 배추의 불용성 식이섬유인 hemicellulose를 분획한 후 효소 처리하여 수용성 식이섬유를 함유한 가수분해물을 생산하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 다양한 pH, 온도, 기질농도 및 효소농도에서 hemicellulose 분획을 효소 처리한 후 환원당 함량을 측정한 결과, pH 5.0, $40^{\circ}C$, 효소농도 45 unit (Shearzyme plus), 21 unit Viscozyme L)의 조건으로 가수분해 했을 때 가장 높은 분해율을 나타내었다. 선정된 조건으로 72시간 가수분해하여 수율을 측정한 결과, Shearzyme plus 및 Viscozyme L 처리 시 각각 22.64%와 24.73%의 수율을 보였다. 또한 알코올 불용성 식이섬유의 겔크로마토그래피에 의한 분자량 분포를 확인한 결과, Shearzyme plus 및 Viscozyme L에 의해 생성된 식이섬유는 반응 시간이 증가함에 따라 저분자화 되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과에서 배추 부산물 hemicellulose 분획을 효소로 가수분해함으로써 불용성 식이섬유가 저분자화 되어 수용성 식이섬유로 전환됨을 확인하였으며, 생산된 식이섬유소 함유 가수분해물은 기능성 식품 및 식품가공 분야에 다양하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2015

Three specimens of larvae (5.2~7.8 mm in standard length (SL)), of the family Scombridae, were collected from the southeastern waters off Jeju Island in August, 2014. These specimens were identified to Katsuwonus pelamis have melanophores distributed on the 1st dorsal-fin spines and post ventral margin on caudal peduncle. An analysis of the cytochrome oxidase submit I (COI) sequences (652 base pairs) of mitochondrial DNA showed that our specimens must be K. pelamis, because their sequences were concordant with those of the adult K. pelamis (genetic distance= 0.000~0.002), followed by Auxis rochei (genetic distance= 0.061~0.063) and Euthynnus affinis (genetic distance= 0.077~0.079). During the larval stage, K. pelamis differed from Thunnus spp. species in melanophores distribution period of 1st dorsal-fin spines, lower jaws and ventral margin on caudal peduncle. In conclusion, occurrence of K. pelamis larvae means Korean waters are potential spawning ground of K. pelamis.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.130-137
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 느티나무의 에탄올 추출액에서 실리카겔 칼럼크로마토그래피법을 이용하여 15개의 탄소로 이루어진 나프탈렌 구조의 세스퀴테르펜인 카달렌 화화물을 단리하였다. 단리한 카달렌 화합물은 HPLC, EI-MS와 $^1H$, $^{13}C-NMR$로 화학 구조를 규명하였다. 느티나무에서 단리한 카달렌 화합물의 분자량은 244 (m/z)으로 측정되었으며, 나프탈렌 구조의 1번 위치에 메틸기($CH_3$), 4번 위치에 isopropyl기가 부착되어 있으며, 7번 위치에 수산기(OH)와 3번 위치에 메톡실기($OCH_3$)가 치환된 7-hydroxy-3-methoxycadalene 구조를 이루고 있었다. 수율은 기건상태 느티나무 중량의 약 0.03% 정도로 나타났다. 카달렌은 느티나무의 잎과 수피에서는 전혀 발견되지 않았고, 목부 부위를 연륜별로 나누어 분석한 결과에 의하면 7-hydroxy-3-methoxycadalene은 변재부위에는 전혀 존재하지 않고 심재부에서만 발견되었다.