• BMB Reports
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.278-283
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• 2001

Antioxidant and redox enzyme activities are known to be involved in the cellular responses to various stresses. Their variations were observed according to the growth cycle of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Peroxidase activity appeared to be notably higher in the early exponential phase than in the mid-exponential and stationary phases. However, catalase activity showed a variation pattern resembling the growth curve. Glutathione S-transferase activity was higher in the early exponential and late stationary phases. Activities of the two redox enzymes, thioredoxin and thioltransferase (glutaredoxin), were high in the stationary phase. However, their activities appeared to increase from the early exponential to mid-exponential phase. Total glutathione content had a varying pattern similar to that of thioredoxin and thioltransferase. However, its content in the early exponential phase was high. These results propose that antioxidant and redox enzymes tested are also involved in the mechanism of cell growth.

• Genes and Genomics
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.1213-1223
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• 2018

Pelagic larval dispersal habits influence the population genetic structure of marine mollusk organisms via gene flow. The genetic information of the clam Gomphina aequilatera (short larval stage, 10 days) which is ecologically and economically important in the China coast is unknown. To determine the influence of planktonic larval duration on the genetic structure of G. aequilatera. Mitochondrial markers, cytochrome oxidase subunit i (COI) and 12S ribosomal RNA (12S rRNA), were used to investigate the population structure of wild G. aequilatera specimens from four China Sea coastal locations (Zhoushan, Nanji Island, Zhangpu and Beihai). Partial COI (685 bp) and 12S rRNA (350 bp) sequences were determined. High level and significant $F_{ST}$ values were obtained among the different localities, based on either COI ($F_{ST}=0.100-0.444$, P<0.05) or 12S rRNA ($F_{ST}=0.193-0.742$, P<0.05), indicating a high degree of genetic differentiation among the populations. The pairwise $N_m$ between Beihai and Zhoushan for COI was 0.626 and the other four pairwise $N_m$ values were >1, indicating extensive gene flow among them. The 12S rRNA showed the same pattern. AMOVA test results for COI and 12S rRNA indicated major genetic variation within the populations: 77.96% within and 22.04% among the populations for COI, 55.73% within and 44.27% among the populations for 12S rRNA. A median-joining network suggested obvious genetic differentiation between the Zhoushan and Beihai populations. This study revealed the extant population genetic structure of G. aequilatera and showed a strong population structure in a species with a short planktonic larval stage.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1266-1275
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• 2010

Isozyme and protein electrophoresis data from mycelial extracts of 27 isolates of Trichoderma harzianum, 10 isolates of T. aureoviride, and 10 isolates of T. longibrachiatum from Southern Peninsular Malaysia were investigated. The eight enzyme and a single protein pattern systems were analyzed. Three isozyme and total protein patterns were shown to be useful for the detection of three Trichoderma species. The isozyme and protein data were analyzed using the Nei and Li Dice similarity coefficient for pairwise comparison between individual isolates, species isolate group, and for generating a distance matrix. The UPGMA cluster analysis showed a higher degree of relationship between T. harzianum and T. aureoviride than to T. longibrachiatum. These results suggested that the T. harzianum isolates had high levels of genetic variation compared with the other isolates of Trichoderma species.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.299-303
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• 1996

미국사시나무(Populus tremuloides)의 삽목개체에 오존이 엽록소함량의 변화에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 오존은 일일 6시간씩, 주 3일간 연속적으로 open-top chamber에서 fumigation 하였다. 오존처리는 괴사반점과 광범위한 chlorosis 등 잎 조직에 심각한 상해를 발생시켰다. 오존처리에 의한 엽록소의 분해는 완전히 성숙한 잎에서 현저하게 관찰되었으나 어린 잎에서는 분해가 거의 보이지 않았다. 오존처리에 대한 엽록소의 반응은 실험 전 기간에 걸쳐 모든 실험대상식물에 있어 일정한 양상을 보였다. 또한 clone 별로 오존 민감성에 따라 엽록소함량의 변화에 상당한 유전적 변이를 보였다.

• 식물분류학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.161-174
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• 2005

한국산 반하속 식물의 종간 및 종내 집단간의 유연관계를 조사하기 위하여 RAPD 분석을 수행하였으며, PCR 과정을 통해 증폭된 RAPD 절편들은 300 bp에서 2,500 bp 사이의 구간에서 관찰되었다. 7개의 oligoprimer를 이용한 효소중합반응에서 70개의 유효한 polymorphic band makers를 확인하였고, Nei-Li의 유전적 거리지수를 이용하여 분석하였다. 또한 이러한 자료에 근거하여 종내 개체군 군집에 대한 UPGMA 유집분석 및 NJ tree를 도출하였다. 반하의 지역별 개체군 집단간에는 각각 낮은 유전적 거리지수 수준에서 유집되어 전반적으로 개체군간 유연관계가 밀접한 것으로 조사되었다. 반하는 지역별 개체군에 따라 잎의 형태와 꽃의 색에 따른 형태학적 변이 및 체세포염색체수의 세포학적 변이 패턴을 다양하게 보이고 있어 이는 생육지의 다양성에 의해 나타난 형질분화의 차이로 추정된다. 이런 특성은 반하의 분화속도를 빠르게 하는 주요 원인으로 판단된다. 본 연구를 통해 볼 때 새로운 종은 반하속에 속하는 분류군으로 제주도와 일본의 반하 개체군과 매우 가까운 유연관계를 형성하고 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다. RAPD 분석은 한국산 반하속 식물종의 종간 및 종내 개체군 집단간의 유연관계 파악에 매우 유용한 실험적 접근방법임을 보여주었다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제37권
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• pp.309-326
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• 2004

유적지의 발굴 현장에서 고대인의 삶과 동일시대에 존재했던 토양을 이용하여 유기 화학적 방법을 통한 잔존 지방산 분석과 현미경 관찰로 기생충 충란과 화분의 분석, 그리고 고대 미생물의 유전자 분석을 수행 할 수 있다. 지방산 분석은 인간과 동물의 부산물을 규명할 수 있어 고대 화장실 문화의 복원을 위해 유용하게 사용되어지고 있다. 유기 화학적으로 TLC와 GC-MS 방법을 이용하여 고대 식생활과 영양원을 확인 할 수 있다. 고대 토양의 현미경 관찰로는 기생충의 충란과 화분을 확인 할 수 있는데, 기생충의 확인을 통해 과거 인류의 질병을 유추 할 수 있으며, 화분은 고대 인류 거주지 주변의 환경을 간접적으로 확인 및 복원이 가능하다. 또한 유전자 분석을 통하여 유적지 토양에 존재하는 고대 생명체의 유전적 다양성과 변화 양상을 확인 할 수 있으며, 멸종된 생명체의 유전자 보존에도 중요한 역할을 수행할 것이다. 유기화학, 토양학, 미생물학, 분자 생물학, 유전학과 같은 자연과학적 방법을 이용하여 고고학적 발굴지의 토양을 분석한다면 기존에 해석하기 힘들었거나 간과하였던 부분을 재해석과 이해를 돕는데 상당한 도움이 될 것이다. 또한 생물 종 다양성과 고대 인류의 기원과 생활문화를 이해하는데도 중요한 역할을 수행하리라 생각된다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.155-166
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• 2011

The leaf beetle, $Chrysolina$ $aurichalcea$ (Coleoptera: Chysomelidae), is a pest damaging plants of Compositae. In order to understand the genetic diversity and geographic variation we sequenced a portion of mitochondrial COI gene (658 bp) and complete nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of the species collected from seven Korean localities. A total of 17 haplotypes (CACOI01~CACOI17), with the maximum sequence divergence of 3.04% (20 bp) were obtained from COI gene sequence, whereas 16 sequence types (ITS2CA01~ITS2CA16), with the maximum sequence divergence of 2.013% (9 bp) were obtained from ITS2, indicating substantially larger sequence divergence in COI gene sequence. Phylogenetically, the COI gene provided two haplotype groups with a high nodal support (${\geq}87%$), whereas ITS2 provided only one sequence type group with a high nodal support (${\geq}92%$). The result of COI gene sequence may suggest the presence of historical biogeographic barriers that bolstered genetic subdivision in the species. Different grouping pattern between COI gene and ITS2 sequences were interpreted in terms of recent dispersal, reflected in the ITS2 sequence. Finding of unique haplotypes and sequence types only from Beakryeng-Islet population was interpreted as an intact remnant of ancient polymorphism. As more samples are analyzed using further hyper-variable marker, further fruitful inference on the geographic contour of the species might be available.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1993년도 학술대회지
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• pp.138-142
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• 1993

Korean ginseng has been widely used as medicine from ancient times in Asia. Current breeding efforts in Korea include the individual plant selection and the subsequent pure - line isolation, and considerable number of lines with desirable traits have thus been isolated. However, there were rare data on genetic maker and its analysis for selection of superior varieties. For taxonomic characterization and development of genetic markers for ginseng breeding, molecular biological methods including the RFLP and RAPD methods were applied. Cytoplasmic DNA of ginseng was analyzed for RFLP analysis. However. there is no different pattern among the chloroplast DNA or mitochondrial DNA of variants. In the case of RAPD analysis, the band patterns using 4 of 10 RAPD primers show the distinctive polymorphism among 9 ginseng variants, and lines, and Similarity Index(SI) on polymorphism was calculated for the extent and nature of these variabilities in ginseng. The sequences of 4 selected primers were TGCCGAGCTG, AATCGGGCTG. GAAACGGGTG, and GTGACGTAGG. By SI based on the polymorphic band patterns, Chungkyung - Chong and Hwangskoog - Chong, and JakyungChong 81783 and Jinjakyung of Russia showed the most close SI. The data of KG10l coincided with the fact that it was released from Hwangskoog - Chong. and Jakyung - Chong 81783 and Jinjakyung of Russia showed the most close SI. The data of KG101 coincided with the fact that it was released from Hwangskoog - Chong by breeding process. The data of Jakyung strains indicated the significant variation among the strains. From these results, RAPD analysis method could be succesively applied to the classification and genetic analysis for breeding of Korean ginseng.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1066-1074
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• 2015

In contrast to high genetic diversity of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), equine Y chromosome shows extremely low variability, implying limited patrilines in the domesticated horse. In this study, we applied direct sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) methods to investigate the polymorphisms of 33 Y chromosome specific loci in 304 Chinese indigenous horses from 13 breeds. Consequently, two Y-single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (Y-45701/997 and Y-50869) and one Y-indel (Y-45288) were identified. Of those, the Y-50869 (T>A) revealed the highest variation frequency (24.67%), whereas it was only 3.29% and 1.97% in Y-45288 (T/-) and Y-45701/997 (G>T) locus, respectively. These three mutations accounted for 27.96% of the total samples and identified five Y-SNP haplotypes, demonstrating genetic diversity of Y chromosome in Chinese horses. In addition, all the five YSNP haplotypes were shared by different breeds. Among 13 horse breeds analyzed, Balikun horse displayed the highest nucleotide diversity (${\pi}=5.6{\times}10^{-4}$) and haplotype diversity (h = 0.527), while Ningqiang horse showed the lowest nucleotide diversity (${\pi}=0.00000$) and haplotype diversity (h = 0.000). The results also revealed that Chinese horses had a different polymorphic pattern of Y chromosome from European and American horses. In conclusion, Chinese horses revealed genetic diversity of Y chromosome, however more efforts should be made to better understand the domestication and paternal origin of Chinese indigenous horses.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.250-257
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• 2008

Microsatellites or simple sequence repeats (SSR) are widely distributed in eukaryotic genomes and are informative genetic markers. Despite many advantages of SSR markers such as a high degree of allelic polymorphisms, co-dominant inheritance, multi-allelism, and genome-wide coverage in various plant species, they also have shortcomings such as low polymorphic rates between genetically close lines, especially in Capsicum annuum. We developed an alternative technique to SSR by normalizing and alternating anchored primers in random amplified microsatellite polymorphisms (RAMP). This technique, designated reverse random amplified microsatellite polymorphism (rRAMP), allows the detection of nucleotide variation in the 3' region flanking an SSR using normalized anchored and random primer combinations. The reproducibility and frequency of polymorphic loci in rRAMP was vigorously enhanced by translocation of the 5' anchor of repeat sequences to the 3' end position and selective use of moderate arbitrary primers. In our study, the PCR banding pattern of rRAMP was highly dependent on the frequency of repeat motifs and primer combinations with random primers. Linkage analysis showed that rRAMP markers were well scattered on an intra-specific pepper map. Based on these results, we suggest that this technique is useful for studying genetic diversity, molecular fingerprinting, and rapidly constructing molecular maps for diverse plant species.