• 한국어병학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2017

The glycoprotein of novirhabdoviruses is known to play a critical role in the determination of host specificity. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia viruses (VHSVs) in different genotypes have different glycoprotein sequences and show different preferences for specific cell lines. In this study, to know whether the glycoprotein is solely responsible for the host cell preference of VHSV, a recombinant VHSV expressing vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) glycoprotein instead of VHSV IVa glycoprotein (rVHSV-VSV-G) was generated by reverse genetics and inoculated into several fish cell lines, then, cytopathic effect (CPE) and viral growth caused by rVHSV-VSV-G infection were compared with those caused by rVHSV-wild that was previously generated and has the same genomic sequence with wild-type VHSV except a few nucleotides. The plaque numbers of rVHSV-VSV-G were significantly higher in EPC, BF-2 and GF cells than those of rVHSV-wild. However, in HINAE cells (originated from olive flounder), rVHSV-VSV-G titer was significantly lower than rVHSV-wild titer, and both recombinant VHSVs were not grown well in CHSE-214 cells. Although statistical significances were detected in the titers between rVHSV-wild and rVHSV-VSV-G in several cell lines, the cell line-preference order of rVHSV-VSV-G was not different from that of rVHSV-wild. These results suggest that the replacement of VHSV glycoprotein may not completely change host cell preference, and other regions of VHSV might also involve in the determination of host cell preference.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2001

The role of polyhedrin in the polyhedra production in baculovirus Autograha californica Nucelopolyhedro-sisvirus (AcNPV) was studied by over-expression of AcNPV polyhedrin or heterologous polyhedrin from Bombyx mori (Bm) NPV or Spodoptera exigua (Se) NPV. The transfer vectors containing additional polyhedrin from AcNPV, BmNPV, or SeNPV were constructed and cotransfected with bacmid bApGOZA into Sf9 cells. The resulting recombinants, designated as vApAcPol, vApBmPol, and vApSePol were tonstructed, and the polyhedra production of the recombinant was characterized. All of the recombinants produced polyhedra in the nucleus, and the polyhedrin was over-expressed. Among three recombinants, vApAcPol and vApBmPol were discriminated by their larger polyhedra size than that of wild type AcNPV, and vApSePol also produced larger polyhedra than wild type SeNPV polyhedra.

• BMB Reports
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.597-602
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• 2004

N-terminal His-tagged recombinant $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase from Neisseria meningitidis was expressed and purified to homogeneity by column chromatography using Ni-NTA resin. Mutations were introduced to investigate the roles of, Ser68, His69, Glu88, Asp90, and Tyr156, which are components of a highly conserved region in recombinant $\beta$-1,4 galactosyltransferase. Also, the functions of three other cysteine residues, Cys65, Cys139, and Cys205, were investigated using site-directed mutagenesis to determine the location of the disulfide bond and the role of the sulfhydryl groups. Purified mutant galactosyltransferases, His69Phe, Glu88Gln and Asp90Asn completely shut down wild-type galactosyltransferase activity (1-3%). Also, Ser68Ala showed much lower activity than wild-type galactosyltransferase (19%). However, only the substitution of Tyr156Phe resulted in a slight reduction in galactosyltransferase activity (90%). The enzyme was found to remain active when the cysteine residues at positions 139 and 205 were replaced separately with serine. However, enzyme reactivity was found to be markedly reduced when Cys65 was replaced with serine (27%). These results indicate that conserved amino acids such as Cys65, Ser68, His69, Glu88, and Asp90 may be involved in the binding of substrates or in the catalysis of the galactosyltransferase reaction.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.283-290
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• 2008

베큘로바이러스는 일부 나비목 해충을 대상으로 방제하는 데 사용되고 있다. 그러나 화학농약에 비해 느린 살충효과 및 좁은 적용 해충으로 응용 범위에 한계를 갖고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 한계를 극복하고자 곤충의 면역억제을 통해 바이러스 병원력을 제고시킬 수 있는 기술을 소개한다. 폴리드나바이러스는 일부 맵시벌 및 고치벌에 공생하는 곤충 DNA 바이러스 분류군이다. 프루텔고치벌(Cotesia plutellae) 유래 CpBV(Cotesia plutellae bracovirus)는 브라코바이러스에 속한 폴리드나바이러스로서 면역어제를 발휘하는 여러 유전자를 함유하고 있다. 이 가운데 7개의 CpBV유전자를 선발하고 이를 야생형Autographa California multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus(AcNPV)에 재조합하였다. 이들 재조합 베큘로바이러스를 이용하여 파밤나방(Spodoptera exigua)과 배추좀나방(Plutella xylostella)을 대상으로 생물 검정한 결과, 이들 대부분은 야생형의 바이러스와 유사하거나 우수한 살충력을 나타냈다. 특히 CpBV-ELP를 포함한 재조합 베큘로바이러스가 대조바이러스에 비해 살충시간을 약 2 일 이상단축시킴으로 가장 우수하였다. 이 재조합 베큘로바이러스는 농도에 따른 살충력증가와 배추를 가해하는 파밤나방을 대상으로 한 바이러스 살포 처리가 뚜렷한 방제효과를 나타내어 현장 적용 가능성을 제시하였다. 또한 본 연구는 이 재조합 바이러스의 살충력 제고 현상을 CpBV-ELP의 항바이러스 기작 억제라는 측면에서 고찰했다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.216-220
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• 1995

cDNA for human cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), a potent atherogenic plasma protein that redistributes the neutral lipids among lipoproteins, was expressed in recombinant vaccinia virus-infected cells (CV-1). Two insertion vectors regulated by different promoters were constructed. The vectors were introduced into human thymidine kinase-negative ($TK^-$) 1438 cells infected with wild-type vaccinia virus (WR strain). Recombinant viruses were selected with 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) and X-gal and identified with DNA dot blot analysis (vSC11-CETP and vTM1-CETP). The CETP cDNA insert in the recombinant vaccinia virus genome was identified by Southern blot analysis. Transcription of CETP cDNA in CV-1 cells infected with recombinant vaccinia virus was monitored by Northern blot analysis using the CETP cDNA as a probe. Positive signals were detected at 1.8 kb in cells infected with vSC11-CETP and at 2.3 kb in cells infected with vTM1-CETP. The recombinant vaccinia virus-infected CV-1 cells were shown to produce functional CETP when the culture medium was subjected to the CETP assay.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.162-166
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• 1988

Bacteriophage M13 DNAs carrying the wild type or base substituted SV40 DNA replication origins were used for replication assay. In vivo and in vitro assay with African green monkey cell line COS-1 showed that the replication of M13-SV40 recombinant DNAs was restricted like a pBR322 SV40 recombinant DNA(Lusky and Botchan, 1981). Furthermore, recombinant phage DNAs isolated from the transfected siminan cells subsequently show a reduced ability to retransform E. coli. But pATSV-W(Kim et al., 1988) was replicated in COS-1 cells normally. We think that a poison sequence may exist on bacteriophage M13 DNA like pBR322.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2009

Ferritin 유전자를 벼의 저장기관인 배유에 특이적으로 발현시킬 수 있는 glutelin, gGlobulin 및 zein 프로모터를 활용하여 쌀알에 최대로 발현시켜, 고부가가치를 가진 가공용 벼 품종을 육성하여 천연의 철 성분이 강화된 유아용 이유식 생산에 이용할 수 있으므로 유아들에게 천연의 철분을 안정적으로 공급할 수 있는 형질전환체를 육성하였다. 종자 저장단백질인 glutelin, globulin 및 zein의 프로모터와 ferritin 유전자를 pMJ21 vector에 pGBF, pGTF 및 pZ4F 등의 Ti-plasmid를 Agrobacterium에 도입하여 동안벼와 화신벼에 형질전환 하였다. 동안벼 종자를 사용하였을 때 pGBF 재조합 유전자는 19.2%, pGTF는 15.0%, pZ4F는 18.4%가 재분화되었고, 화신벼 종자를 사용하였을 때에는 pGBF 재조합 유전자는 6.7%, pGTF는 11.7%, pZ4F는 3.4%가 재분화되었다. 형질전환 벼의 ferritin 유전자의 도입여부는 PCR 분석과 Southern 분석으로 확인하였으며 ferritin 유전자의 유전자 발현은 Norihern 및 Western 분석에 의해 확인하였다. Southern blot 분석 결과로부터 각각의 배유특이 프로모터 유래 형질전환체 중에서 single copy로 도입된 개체를 선발 할 수 있었다. 또한 이들 형질전환 계통들에서 도입유전자의 발현량은 wild type 벼에 비하여 매우 높게 나타났다. 또한 철 단백질의 철분 축적 정도를 분석한 결과 Zein 프로모터를 사용한 형질전환 계통 (T1-2)에서 171.4 ppm으로 wild type과 비교하여 6.4 배의 철분함량 증가를 보였다. 그러나 globulin 및 glutelin 프로모터 유래 형질전환체에서는 wild type과 비교하여 $2.1{\sim}3.0$ 배의 철분함량 증가를 보였다. 벼 형질전환체들의 생육상황을 조사한 결과 초장은 변이 폭이 매우 크게 나타났으며, 대조품종과 비교하여 50%정도 감소한 왜성 및 이형 식물체도 출현되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 형질전환체 중에서 표현형 적으로 대조품종과 거의 같은 식물체를 선발하여 후대를 육성하였다. 육성한 T1 세대에서 형질전환체의 초장, 간장, 수장, 분얼수 및 등숙률을 조사한 결과 초장, 간장, 수장, 분얼수에 있어서는 대조 품종과 큰 변이를 보이지 않았으나 등숙률에 있어서는 $53.3{\sim}82.2%$의 비교적 큰 변이를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1223-1229
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• 2009

To construct a new recombinant strain of Bacillus velezensis that has antifungal and insecticidal activity via the expression of the insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein, a B. thuringiensis expression vector (pHT1K-1Ac) was generated that contained the B. thuringiensis cry1Ac gene under the control of its endogenous promoter in a minimal E. coli-B. thuringiensis shuttle vector (pHT1K). This vector was introduced into a B. velezensis isolate that showed high antifungal activities against several plant diseases, including rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea), rice sheath blight (Rhizotonia solani), tomato gray mold (Botrytis cinerea), tomato late blight (Phytophthora infestans), and wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita), by electroporation. The recombinant B. velezensis strain was confirmed by PCR using cry1Ac-specific primers. Additionally, the recombinant strain produced a protein approximately 130 kDa in size and parasporal inclusion bodies similar to B. thuringiensis. The in vivo antifungal activity assay demonstrated that the activity of the recombinant B. velezensis strain was maintained at the same level as that of wild-type B. velezensis. Furthermore, it exhibited high insecticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest, Plutella xylostella, although its activity was lower than that of a recombinant B. thuringiensis strain, whereas wild-type B. velezensis strain did not show any insecticidal activity. These results suggest that this recombinant B. velezensis strain can be used to control harmful insect pests and fungal diseases simultaneously in one crop.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.161-167
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• 1993

Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) was used to separate various types of recombinant hirudins from the culture broth. The wild type hirudin exhibited a retention in Cu(II)-chelated affinity chromatgoraphy since it contained a single exposed histidine at position 51. To obtain a stronger retention on an IDA-Cu(II) column, the hirudin variants were genetically engineered to contain one or two histidine (s) more than the wild type. While the affinity of the variants for IDA-Cu(II) ligand increased in comparison to that of the wild type, the antithrombin activities reduced to a certain degree. Cu(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) ions were applied separately to the metal chelate column to investigate ligand specificity with respect to protein retention. As a result, the Cu(II) chelated chromatography gave the best resolution for all the hirudins tested and appeared to be the only IMAC that could be used generally for the purification of hirudins with a decreasing pH gradient.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.52-59
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• 1998

For the construction of plasmid and bmNPV sarrying the FRT recognition site for the FLP recombinases, we synthesized the wild type FRT dligonucleotides. The target FRT sequences consist of three 13bp repeated DNA sequences; two repeats in a direct orientation and one inverted relative to the other two. In addition, there is an 8bp spacer region between the repeats which determune the orientation of the FRT recombination site. In order to place the FRT site both in target BmNPV genome and the transfer vector, we constructed a plasmid, FRT site both in the target BmNPv genome and the transfer vector, we constructed a plasmid, pFRT$\beta$-gal, carrying the FRT sites within the cloning sites of pSV vector and a recombinant BmNPV, vFRTPH, carrying the FRT sites at a downstream of polyhedrin promotor, respectively. In order to test the functionality of the FLP/FRT site-specific recombination system, vFRTPH, pFRT$\beta$-gal and pHsFLP DNA were co-transfected into BmN-4 cells. The resulting recombinant virus was designated a vFRT$\beta$2-gal. From construction analysis of the vFRT$\beta$2-gal with PCR technique it was concluded that the entire pFRT$\beta$-gal plasmid with $\beta$-galactosidase gene and origines of replication flanked by two functional hybrid FRT sequences. The efficiency of recombination was 8.7%, which was higher than that(2.2%) of recombination between a conventional transfer vector and the wild type BmNPV.