• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 2002

Prolonged exercise is known to increase steady-state serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol) and apolipoprotein AI(apo AI) concentrations. We investigated the effect of adaptation to endurance exercise on the association of the genetic polymorphism in the apo AI gene with these biochemical parameters. 108 male subjects were randomly selected from a group of elite athletes, and 65 male samples used as sedentary control group from Korean general population. The genetic polymorphism in the apo AI gene locus was detected by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and DNA digestion with Msp I restriction endonuclease. The genotype frequency for the Msp I RFLP was significantly different between the elite athletes and sedentary controls(P<0.05). There were, however, no significant associations between the Msp I RFLP of the apo AI gene and the biochemical parameters in elite athletic group. Therefore, our findings indicate that the Msp I RFLP of the apo AI gene was not associated with the serum apo AI and HDL-cholesterol concentrations in Korean male elite athletes.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.183-192
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• 1998

DNA methylation degree in the several murine brain and liver genes of different ages and after scrapie infection have been examined by using methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease digestion. We found that the methylation of c-fos and c-myc in the brain and liver was increased during the late fetal to one month postnatal developmental periods. However, those of the SGP-2, $S100{\beta}$, APP950, PrP, and APLP1 genes were decreased at the same periods. The comparison of the DNA methylation patterns between scrapie infected brains and controls demonstrated there is no significant difference in methylation degree of scrapie-infected brains. These observations indicate that DNA methylation might be importantly related to the aging process. The scrapie-infected murine brain was not significantly developed more senescent than the same age-controls did.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1022-1026
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• 2010

The different cleavage patterns of pYBamy59 plasmid isolated from E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ and B. longum MG1 by the cell extract of B. longum MG1 suggested that the main reason for its low transformation efficiency was related to the restriction modification (R-M) system. To confirm the correlation between the R-M system and transformation efficiency, in vitro methylation and site-directed mutagenesis were performed in pYBamy59. Sequence analysis of pYBamy59 fragments digested by the cell extract of B. longum MG1 revealed that all fragments were generated by restriction of the sequence recognized by SacII endonuclease. When pYBamy59 from E. coli was methylated in vitro by CpG or GpC methyltransferase, it was protected from SacII digestion. Site-directed mutagenesis, which removed SacII sites from pYBamy59, or in vitro methylation of pYBamy59 showed 8- to 15-fold increases in the transformation efficiency over intact pYBamy59. Modification of the SacII-related R-M system in B. longum MG1 and in vitro methylation in pYBamy 59 can improve the transformation efficiency in this strain. The results showed that the R-M system is a factor to limit introduction of exogenous DNA, and in vitro modification is a convenient method to overcome the barrier of the R-M system for transformation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1001-1011
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• 2011

To explore bacterial diversity for elucidating genetic variability in acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) lactonase structure, we screened 800 bacterial strains. It revealed the presence of a quorum quenching (QQ) AHL-lactonase gene (aiiA) in 42 strains. These 42 strains were identified using rrs (16S rDNA) sequencing as Bacillus strains, predominantly B. cereus. An in silico restriction endonuclease (RE) digestion of 22 AHL lactonase gene (aiiA) sequences (from NCBI database) belonging to 9 different genera, along with 42 aiiA gene sequences from different Bacillus spp. (isolated here) with 14 type II REs, revealed distinct patterns of fragments (nucleotide length and order) with four REs; AluI, DpnII, RsaI, and Tru9I. Our study reflects on the biodiversity of aiiA among Bacillus species. Bacillus sp. strain MBG11 with polymorphism (115Alanine > Valine) may confer increased stability to AHL lactonase, and can be a potential candidate for heterologous expression and mass production. Microbes with ability to produce AHL-lactonases degrade quorum sensing signals such as AHL by opening of the lactone ring. The naturally occurring diversity of QQ molecules provides opportunities to use them for preventing bacterial infections, spoilage of food, and bioremediation.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.76-85
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• 1996

Adenoviruses(Ad) are considered to be second only to rotaviruses as the most significant cause of gastroenteritis in young children in Korea and thus it is essential to know the full spectrum of Ad serotypes routinely present in stool specimens from symptomatic patients. Sixty-six Ad isolates and three questionable ones collected over a 2-year peiord were typed by standard microneutralization, restriction endonuclease digestion and PCR of viral DNA to be able to evaluate these assays comprehensively for their ability to identify Ad associated with gastroenteritis. A total of sixty-one isolates(88.4%) were typed: the predominant types were Ad type 41(Ad41)(26.2%), Ad2(19.7%), Ad40(14.8%), Ad5(9.8%), and Ad7(9.8%) which together accounted for almost 80% of the isolates. The remaining virus isolates were typed as Ad1, 31, 34, 3, 25 and a mixture of 40/41. The incidence of Ad31(4.9%) or Ad3(1.6%) was relatively insignificant. DNA restriction analysis(77.5%) proved to be better than serum neutralization but not so when compared to a PCR-based assay for identification of the enteric Ad serotypes(90%) in stool specimens. In this work, the PCR-based assay was evaluated as a tool for the rapid, yet highly sensitive identification of adenoviral DNA sequences in fresh clinical stool specimens.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.1237-1243
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• 2002

We have developed a reliable and noninvasive method for swine genotyping of single locus nuclear gene with aged single hair follicles delivered by general mail. The method is based on booster and nested PCR amplification with step-wise increase of primers and dNTPs concentrations followed by restriction endonuclease digestion. To establish this method, the ryanodine receptor (RYR 1) locus which is an economically important trait in swine industry was employed for genotyping experiment. The 3-step PCR amplication method is much less dependent on the quantity and quality of template DNA and produces enough amplification product for the detection on the ethidium bromide-stained gel such as RFLP analysis. A total of 120 pigs were subjected to the RYR 1 genotyping analysis using three-step PCR method which amplified enough quantity of PCR products from the aged single hair follicles for RFLP analysis and genotyping results were identical to the results of the corresponding ethanol-fixed skeletal muscle tissue. This approach will be a great help for porcine breeders and investigators in genotyping of swine. They can receive genotyping results later by simply plucking single hairs of their pigs at farm and sending them in general mail to the diagnostic laboratory which eliminates the inconveniences to collect ear tissue or blood cells from pigs, or the investigator's need for travel to farms in order to collect fresh hair samples.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.3001-3003
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• 2013

Objective: Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) is closely related to tumor invasion and metastasis, and has been shown to have potential inhibitory effects in tumors. In this study, we constructed a eukaryotic expression vector for Syk and analyzed its effects on invasive ability of the A549 non-small cell lung cancer cell line in vitro. Methods: A fragment of Syk was obtained by RT-PCR from human lung cancer cells and cloned into the expression vector pLNCXSyk. After restriction endonuclease digestion, PCR and DNA sequencing confirmation, the recombinant Syk expression plasmid was transfected into A549 human lung cancer cells using lipofectamine protocols. After selection, the cells stably expressed Syk. Detection of Syk expression of the cells by RT-PCR, and invasive ability were examined. Results: The eukaryotic expression plamid pLNCXSyk was constructed and expressed stably in the A549 human lung cancer cells. The RT-PCR results showed that Syk mRNA expression was upregulated significantly (P<0.05). Lower invasion through a basal membrane were apparent after transfection (P<0.05). Conclusions: A eukaryotic expression plasmid to cause Syk expression in lung cancer cells can obviously inhibit their invasive ability in vitro.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.447-453
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• 1989

항생물질 내성유전자를 유전자 조작기법으로 재조합시켜 만든 세균에서 그 유전자들이 전이되는 특성을 하폐수의 자연환경에서 연구하기 위하여, 자연계로부터 분리한 Gram 음성세균 중에서 kanamycin (Km), chloramphenicol (Cm), streptomycin (Sm), sulfadiazine(Su)에 내성을 띄는 균주로 DK1을 선발하였다. DK1 균주는 4개의 plasmid를 가지고 있으나 그 중 크기가 약 68kb인 pDK101 plasmid에 Km$^{${\gamma}$}$ Cm$^{${\gamma}$}$ 유전자를 가지고 있었다. 이 pDK101 plasmid에는 EcoRI site가 16개, PstI site가 32개, SalI site가 6개씩 있었다. pDK101 plasmid 와 vector로 사용한 pKT230을 E. coli으로 처리하여 얻은 절편들로부터 Km$^{${\gamma}$}$Cm$^{${\gamma}$}$ 유전자를 가지는 pDT309와 pDTS29 등의 chimeric piasmid를 제조하였다. 이들을 다시 E. coli C600과 E. coli HB101 에 형질전환 시킴으로써, DKC601, DKC602, DKH 102 그리고 DKH103 등의 재조합 균주를 얻었다. 이들 재조합 균주에서는 모두 Km$^{${\gamma}$}$Cm$^{${\gamma}$}$유전자가 잘 발현되었으며, 그 중 DKC601과 DKH103에서는 각각 pDT529와 pDT309의 chimeric plasmid가 포함되어 있는 것이 전기영동 방법으로 명확히 확인되었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.478-490
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• 2021

멜론은 세계 각지에서 재배되는 경제적으로 중요한 작물중의 하나이다. 본 연구는 농업유전자원센터에서 수집 보관중인 멜론 유전자원을 대상으로 다양한 생육 특성을 특성을 조사하고, 멜론의 중요한 육종 형질중의 하나인 과육색의 유전형과 표현형을 조사하여 멜론 육종에 필요한 육종 재료 확보를 위한 기초 자료를 마련하고자 수행되었다. 총 219개의 멜론 유전자원을 대상으로 19개의 생육 특성과 PCA분석을 수행하고, 멜론의 중요한 육종 형질중의 하나인 과육색의 유전형을 조사하여 표현형과 비교하였다. 과육색은 오렌지색, 백색, 녹색, 유백색, 황색의 5가지로 분류하였으며, 이중 오렌지색이 87개로 가장 많았으며, 그 다음으로 백색이 75개였다. 그리고, 오렌지색과 녹색 과육 구별용 마커를 적용한 결과, 녹색 과육 21개의 경우는 표현형과 유전형 일치율이 100%였으며, 오렌지색의 경우는 98%, 백색은 97%, 유백색의 경우는 80%의 일치율을 보였다. 표현형과 유전형이 일치하는 않는 총 8개 유전자원의 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 3곳의 위치에서 단일염기다형성(SNP; single nucleotide polymorphism)이 있었다. 이러한 결과는 멜론의 과육색을 결정하는 아직 알려지지 않은 유전기작이 존재한다는 것을 제시하였으며, 본 연구에서 얻어진 다양한 유전자원의 생육조사 결과는 멜론 육종에 유용하게 쓰일 것으로 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.98-103
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• 1993

연구배경 : Retinoblastoma 유전자(Rb)의 비활성화는 여러 종류의 암에서 관찰되어 왔다. Rb의 이형성의 소실(loss of heterozygosity)은 Rb의 비활성화의 가장 흔한 기전으로 소세포폐암에서는 거의 모든 예에서 관찰되나 비소세포폐암에서는 훨씬 낮은 빈도로 관찰된다고 알려져 있다. 이에 저자들은 개흉수술시 얻은 한국인의 비소세포폐암 및 정상폐조직의 DNA 에서 Rb의 변화를 관찰하였다. 방법: 폐암조직 및 정상폐조직에서 proteinase K에 의한 소화 및 phenol-chloroform 추출 방법으로 genomic DNA를 추출한 후 제한효소인 EcoRI으로 소화시키고 agarose gel 에서 전기영동분리시켰다. Southern blot 방법으로 DNA를 nylon 막에 흡착시킨 후 Rb 1 탐식자로 hybridization 시켜 stringent condition에서 세척하여 X-ray 필름에 적당기간 노출시켜 현상하였다. 결과 : 26예의 편평상피세포암중 16예에서 정상폐 DNA 에서 RFLP에 의한 Rb의 이형성이 관찰되었으며 이중 10예 (62.5%)의 폐암조직 DNA 에서 이형성의 소실이 관찰되었다. 17예의 폐선암중 11예의 정상폐 DNA 에서 RFLP에 의한 Rb의 이형성이 관찰되었으며 이중 5예 (45.4%)의 폐암 DNA 에서 이형성의 소실이 관찰되었다. Rb의 비활성화 유무에 따른 두 군 사이에 연령, 성별, 암의 병기, 암의 분화도 및 흡연력의 차이가 없었다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 Rb의 비활성화는 비소세포폐암의 발생기전에 중요한 역할을 하리라 생각된다.