• Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.76-78
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• 2014

Fluorescent nucleic acids were prepared utilizing the polymerase extension (PEX) reaction to incorporate fluorescent molecules. 2'-Deoxyuridine triphosphate (dUTP) derivatives possessing pyrene molecules as fluorophores were synthesized using the aqueous-phase Sonogashira coupling between 5-Iodo-dUTP and acetylene-linked pyrene molecules. The incorporation of the pyrene (Py)-labeled deoxyuridine triphosphates (PyU) into DNA by polymerase was evaluated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, demonstrating that the PyU can work as a good substrate for the PEX reaction. The fluorescent properties of the functionalized DNA prepared by the PEX reaction were characterized by steady-state fluorescence measurements. The Py-conjugated DNA showed typical emission spectra of the pyrene, and the DNA with two pyrene molecules connected to each other by a diethylene glycol linker exhibited a broadened emission attributed to the electronic interaction between the Py molecules.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.254-256
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• 2004

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful tool for precisely amplifying selected DNA sequences that have had a broad impact on genomic studies. When examining human $\alpha$- and $\beta$- tryptase genes which have 95% DNA homology, inconsistent PCR amplification of genomic sequences hampered our progress. This study suggests that long PCR technique on the original DNA digested with restriction enzymes improves both efficiency and sensitivity of PCR. These improved results seem to derived from the effective denaturation of the original genomic DNA template or reduction of formation of secondary structures that block either primer annealing or extension in PCR. Elimination of homo- or hetero-duplex products derived from highly homologous genes provides an additional advantage in this study. This communication describes how the use of restriction enzymes improved these efficiencies, and also facilitated studies of highly homologous genes including tryptase genes.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.1001-1008
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• 1996

우리나라의 세균성 식중독의 주된 원인은 식중독성 황색포도상구균에 의한다. 따라서 식품공전에는 도시락, 빵, 떡으로부터는 이 미생물이 검출되지 않도록 규정되어있다. 현행의 황백포도상구균의 검사 방법은 적어도 5일 이상을 요하므로 이 식중독에 대한 대처가 미흡한 설정이다. 이 연구에서는 식중독성 황색포도상구균의 검출법을 중합효소 연쇄반응을 이용하여 개선하였다. 이 반응을 위해 황색포도상구균의 장도속도를 암호하는 유전자를 유형별로 증폭할 수 있는 시발물질들을 고안하였다. 한 황색포도상구균으로부터 중합효소 연쇄반응에 적합한 DNA를 신속하게 추출하는 방법을 개발하였다. 중합효소 반응조건은 다음과 같다. 반응액의 총부피, $(50\;{\mu}l)$; 표적 DNA, $2\;{\mu}l$ (약 20ng); 10배 진한 반응완충액, $5\;{\mu}l$; 시발물질, 100pmole; dNTP (10 mM), $4\;{\mu}l$; Taq DNA 중합효소, 205단위, 작동조건은 변성전, $94^{\circ}C$-5분; 변성, $94^{\circ}C$ 15초; 냉각, $50^{\circ}C$15초; 연장, $72^{\circ}C$ 20초; 연장후, $72^{\circ}C$-5분이었으며 변성-냉각-연장을 30회 되풀이하였다. dlj한 검출조건으로 황색포도상구균을 5시간 이내에 독소 유형별로 확인할 수 있었으며 이를 시판되는 떡과 빵에 적용하여 이 미생물의 존재를 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1090-1097
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• 2007

Genomic analysis of Thermococcus sp. NA1 revealed the presence of a 3,927-base-pair (bp) family B-type DNA polymerase gene, TNA1_pol. TNA1_pol, without its intein, was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, purified using metal affinity chromatography, and characterized. TNA1_pol activity was optimal at pH 7.5 and $75^{\circ}C$. TNA1_pol was highly thermostable, with a half-life of 3.5h at $100^{\circ}C$ and 12.5h at $95^{\circ}C$. Polymerase chain reaction parameters of TNA1_pol such as error-rate, processivity, and extension rate were measured in comparison with rTaq, Pfu, and KOD DNA polymerases. TNA1_pol averaged one incorrect bp every 4.45 kilobases (kb), and had a processivity of 150 nucleotides (nt) and an extension rate of 60 bases/s. Thus, TNA1_pol has a much faster elongation rate than Pfu DNA polymerase with 7-fold higher fidelity than that of rTaq.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.565-573
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• 1998

To study the specific tools for the diagnosis of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in chicken, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and its presumable conditions were evaluated for the detection of hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) gene of NDV RNA. For these purposes, Kyojeongwon strain of the NDV was propagated in allantoic cavity of SPF embryonating chicken eggs, and viral RNA was extracted from fractionated virus after the allantoic fluids were ultracentrifuged with sucrose gradient. The first-strand cDNA was then made for the HN gene of NDV RNA by reverse transcription at $42^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour using specific primer complementary to the HN gene. The single-stranded cDNA was used as template in the PCR of the HN-DNA, and various conditions of the PCR were evaluated to set up method for the specific detection of the HN-DNA. The PCR conditions promising for the detection of HN gene consist of preheating at $94^{\circ}C$, 5 min, 30 cycles of denaturation at $94^{\circ}C$, 1 min, annealing at $55^{\circ}C$, 1 min and polymerization at $72^{\circ}C$, 2 min, and a cycle of extension at $72^{\circ}C$, 5 min. when NDVs of allantoic fluids without fractionation were applied to the above PCR condition, the HN genes were detected effectively not only from Kyojeongwon but from other velogenic strains such as Herts and a field isolate.

• 식물병연구
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2023

충북지역 수박과 멜론재배지에서 2020년부터 2021년까지 시료를 채집하여 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction으로 유전자 진단을 실시해 바이러스 발생현황을 조사하였다. 2020년 수박에서는 정식 전 접목묘에 대해 바이러스를 검정했을 때 음성군과 진천군 두 곳에서 cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV)만이 각각 8%의 감염률을 보였다. 6월에는 진천군과 음성군 모두에서 watermelon mosaic virus (WMV), CGMMV, cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV)가 공통적으로 검출되었으며, 감염률은 진천군이 WMV 3.7%, CGMMV 11.1%, CABYV 3.7%이었고 음성군은 WMV 15.8%, CGMMV 33.3%, CABYV 3.5%로 음성군이 진천군에 비해 WMV와 CGMMV 감염률이 높았다. 2021년 3월부터 5월까지 월별로 수박재배지에서 바이러스를 검정했을 때 3월에는 음성군과 진천군 모두에서 바이러스가 검출되지 않았으며, 4월에는 진천군에서 CGMMV 1.6%, 음성군에서는 WMV 0.4%, CGMMV 38.5% 발생하였다. 5월에는 진천군에서 cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 35%, CGMMV 10%, 음성군에서는 CMV 20.9%, CGMMV 29% 발생하였다. 충북지역에서 수박 바이러스 조사기간 동안 zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV)와 cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV)는 검출되지 않았으며, 2020년에는 발생되지 않았던 CMV가 2021년도에 발생하였다. 2020년부터 2021년까지 멜론재배지에서 최근 문제가 되고 있는 CABYV와 CCYV 발생을 조사했을 때 CABYV는 조사기간 동안 음성군과 진천군 모두에서 발생되었고 감염률은 53.9-92.2%였다. CCYV는 2020년에 음성군에서만 20.8% 2021년에는 진천군에서만 2.7% 발생하였다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.65-68
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• 2017

2단계의 nested PCR 방법을 이용하여 보리 및 벼 재배 토양에서 Barley yellow mosaic virus (BaYMV)를 검출하였다. BaYMV 분절 RNA1 외피단백질 영역의 특이 프라이머로 1차 PCR을 하고 내부서열로부터 작성된 프라이머로 2차 PCR을 실시하여 확보된 372 bp의 PCR 산물이 BaYMV 외피단백질 영역과 98%-100% 염기서열이 일치하여 BaYMV를 검출할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 토양으로부터 BaYMV 검출에 관한 최초의 보고이며 토양전염성 바이러스의 정확한 진단과 예찰에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.892-897
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• 2005

Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) is a growth factor required for growth and differentiation of mononuclear phagocyte lineage. Total and 16 poly (A) mRNA of bovine M-CSF were isolated from healthy bovine peripheral mononuclear cells stimulated by phobol 12-myristste 13-acetate (TPA). The more compatible cultured mononuclear cells were 5${\times}$10/ml for RNA isolation. TPA-activated mononuclear cells increased the level of M-CSF-mRNA more than concanavalin A (Con A) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The optimal analysis of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for14 Macrophage colonystimulating factor (M-CSF) as a growth factor required for bovine M-CSF was denaturation at 94$^{\circ}C$ for 1 minute, annealing at 57$^{\circ}C$ for 1 minute, extension at 72$^{\circ}C$ for 1 minute for 30 cycles. The size of cDNA of bovine M-CSF by RT-PCR was 774 base pairs. A 774 base pairs cDNA encoding bovine M-CSF was synthesized by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Ligated cDNA was transformed to competent cells and then plasmid isolation and digestion was performed. Molecular cloning and sequencing were performed for cDNA of bovine M-CSF. The size of cloned cDNA of bovine M-CSF was 774base pairs. The homology of base sequence and amino acid sequence was 88% and 86% compared with known human M-CSF, respectively. From a high degree of sequence similarity, the obtained cDNA of bovine M-CSF is thought be a specific gene of bovine M-CSF.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2019

Background: Korean ginseng is an important cash crop in Asian countries. However, plant yield is reduced by pathogens. Among the Ilyonectria radicicola-species complex, I. mors-panacis is responsible for root-rot and replant failure of ginseng in Asia. The development of new methods to reveal the existence of the pathogen before cultivation is started is essential. Therefore, a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction method was developed to detect and quantify the pathogen in ginseng soils. Methods: In this study, a species-specific histone H3 primer set was developed for the quantification of I. mors-panacis. The primer set was used on DNA from other microbes to evaluate its sensitivity and selectivity for I. mors-panacis DNA. Sterilized soil samples artificially infected with the pathogen at different concentrations were used to evaluate the ability of the primer set to detect the pathogen population in the soil DNA. Finally, the pathogen was quantified in many natural soil samples. Results: The designed primer set was found to be sensitive and selective for I. mors-panacis DNA. In artificially infected sterilized soil samples, using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction the estimated amount of template was positively correlated with the pathogen concentration in soil samples ($R^2=0.95$), disease severity index ($R^2=0.99$), and colony-forming units ($R^2=0.87$). In natural soils, the pathogen was recorded in most fields producing bad yields at a range of $5.82{\pm}2.35pg/g$ to $892.34{\pm}103.70pg/g$ of soil. Conclusion: According to these results, the proposed primer set is applicable for estimating soil quality before ginseng cultivation. This will contribute to disease management and crop protection in the future.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.144-152
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• 2018

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection during the neonatal period to provide information that is useful in clinical practice and suggest extension of the palivizumab administration. Methods: Neonates admitted to the National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital neonatal intensive care unit due to respiratory symptoms and for whom multiplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and multiplex real time-polymerase chain reaction tests were performed between October 2011 and May 2016 were included in this study. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed, and data was collected for 156 neonates. Results: Among the 156 neonates, RSV was detected in 114 (73.1%), non-RSV in 25 (16%), and no virus in 17 (10.9%). The majority were full term infants (92.4%) and peak incidence of RSV infection was in January. Post-natal care center infection was more common in the RSV group (46.6%) than that in the other virus groups (24%, P=0.0243). Clinical symptoms were severe in the RSV group in contrast to that in the non-RSV or others groups. The RSV group frequently needed oxygen therapy (P=0.0001) and the duration of hospital stays were longer (P=0.0001). Conclusion: RSV is a significant cause of respiratory infection in neonates and the severity is higher in contrast to that with other viral causes of infection. Infants in post-natal care centers have a high-risk of developing RSV infections; therefore, palivizumab administration may be considered in this group to prevent hospitalization and reduce the duration of hospital stay.