• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권13호
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• pp.5337-5341
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• 2015

Background: Individual susceptibility to cancer has been attributed to polymorphisms in xenobiotic metabolizing genes. To evaluate the association of the Leu432Val polymorphism of cytochrome P4501B1 (CYP1B1) with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), we conducted a case control study in Kashmir, India, an area with a relatively high incidence of ESCC. Materials and Methods: We recruited 404 histopathologically confirmed ESCC cases, and an equal number of controls, individually matched for sex, age and district of residence to respective cases. Information was obtained on various dietary, lifestyle and environmental factors in face to face interviews, using a structured questionnaire, from each subject. Genotypes were analysed by polymerase chain reaction, restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing of randomly selected samples. Conditional logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs). Results: Among the three possible variants, we did not find any Leu432Leu genotype of CYP1B1 in the study population and the genotypic distribution of Val432Val and Leu432Val carriers was nearly equal in both cases (89.6% and 10.4%) and controls (88.9% and 11.1%) respectively. We did not find any risk associated with this polymorphism in the current study (OR = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.55 - 1.64). Conclusions: The study indicates that (Leu432Val) polymorphism of CYP1B1, is not associated with ESCC risk. However, replicative studies with larger sample size are needed to substantiate the findings.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.465-471
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• 1997

Bacillus brevis CD162가 생산하는 cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase)를 ammonium sulfate 침전, DEAE-Sephadex CL-6B 및 Sephadex G-150 컬럼 크로마토그래피를 수행하여 분리정제하였다. 정제된 CGTase는 분자량이 약 74,000, 등전점은 약 6.3인 단백질이었고, 정제된 단백질을 SDS-PAGE한 후 변성된 단백질을 재활성시켜 zymogram을 수행한 결과 cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase임을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 효소의 최적활성 pH와 온도는 각각 8.0과 $55^{\circ}C$이었으며, pH $5.5{\sim}9.0$과 $50^{\circ}C$까지 안정한 활성을 보였다. 또한, CGTase의 $NH_2$-말단 부위의 아미노산서열은 Ser-Val-Thr-Asn-Lys-Val-Asn-Tyr-Ser-Lys-Asp-Val-Ile-Tyr-Gln 이었으며, 전분으로부터 cyclodextrin으로의 전환률을 분석한 결과, ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin은 1.3%, ${\beta}$-cyclodextrin은 33.9% ${\gamma}$-cyclodextrin은 9.7% 이었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.326-332
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• 2002

크로마토그래피 공정 성능 검증의 한 항목인 담체의 수명 검증을 위해 자동화된 미니 크로마토그래피 시스템(MiniValChrom)을 개발하였다. 이 시스템은 크로마토그래피공정의 자동화된 반복수행, 크로마토그래피 각 step의 작동순서 및 공정조건의 자유로운 구성, on-line 실시간 모니터링 및 제어, 여러 담체 수명 검증법의 method file 저장기능 등을 갖추었다. MiniValChrom을 사용하여 BSA와 Cibacron Blue 3G-A를 각각 모델 단백질과 담체로 담체 수명 검증실험을 사례연구로 수행하였다. 담체 수명의 감소는 크로마토그래피 공정을 반복수행하면서 5 cycle 마다 변화하는 HETP값을 측정하여 HETP 값이 1 cm 이상 될 때까지 반복 수행함으로써 담체 수명을 결정할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 MiniValChrom은 다른 검증 항목이나 multi-product 생산공장 내 크로마토그래피 공정 검증에도 유용하게 쓰일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2008

Objectives : We investigated the association of Val108/158Met polymorphism on catechol-O-methyl transferase(COMT) gene with smooth pursuit eye movement(SPEM) abnormality in Korean schizophrenia patients. Methods : We measured SPEM in 217 Korean schizophrenia patients(male 116, female 101) and divided them into two groups, one was a good SPEM function group and the other was a poor SPEM function group. Then we analyzed Val108/158Met polymorphism on COMT gene. We compared the differences of genotype and allele distributions of the polymorphism on COMT gene between the two groups. Results : The natural logarithm value of signal/noise ratio(Ln S/N ratio) of the good SPEM function group was $4.39{\pm}0.33$(mean${\pm}$s.d.) and that of poor SPEM function group was $3.17{\pm}0.71$. There were no statistically significant differences of age and male/female ratio between the two groups. There were no significant differences of genotype or allele distributions of the Val108/158Met polymorphism on COMT gene between the two schizophrenic groups. Conclusions : The results suggest that Val108/158Met polymorphism on COMT gene is not related to SPEM function abnormality in schizophrenia.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2001

The anabolic acetolactate synthase III was purified to homogeneity from Serratia marcescens using DEAE-Sepharose, Phenyl-Sepharose, and hydroxylapatite column chromatography The native molecular weight of the enzyme was approximately 165 kDa. The enzyme is composed of two large and two small subunits with molecular weights of 64 and 15 kDa, respectively. The N-terminal sequence of the large and small subunit of the enzyme was Ser-Ala-Thr-Pro-Gln-Pro-Ser-Thr-Arg-Phe-Thr-Cys-Ala-Gln-Leu-Ile-Ala-His-Leu and Met-Leu-Gln-Pro-Gln-Asp-Lys-Pro-Gln-Val-Ile-Leu-Glu-Leu-Ala-Val-Arg-Asn-His-Pro-Gly-Val-Met-Ser-His-Val, respectively. The optimum pH and pI value were 7.5 and 5.5, respectively The $IC_{50}$ values were $20\;{\mu}M$ and $14\;{\mu}M$ for valine and herbicide SU7, respectively. The substrate specificity ratio, R value, was determined to be approximately 40, which suggests that this enzyme prefers the formation of $\alpha$-aceto-$\alpha$-hydroxybutyrate leading to the synthesis of isoleucine.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2014

일반적으로 위성 영상자료 품질에 대한 요구조건 값과 사용자 측면에서의 품질사이에는 바라보는 시각에 따른 기술적인 차이가 존재한다. 실제로 아리랑위성 3호도 2012년 12월31일에 검보정 작업이 완료되어 영상자료 품질 요구조건 값들을 모두 만족하여 정상운영을 시작하였지만, 아리랑위성 3호를 위한 사용자 측면의 영상자료 품질을 별도로 정의하여 관리하고, 필요에 따라 추가 검보정 작업을 수행하고 있다. 검보정팀과 자료처리팀에서는 아리랑위성 3호 영상자료 품질보고서를 작성하여, 처리시스템에서 생성되는 영상자료의 품질을 판단하여 관리하고 있으며, 그 중에서 영상자료 품질을 저하시키는 5개의 추가 검보정 항목을 선정하였고, 현재 추가 검보정 작업을 완료하여 처리시스템에 추가하는 작업을 진행 중이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 1996

MR-387Al (ARPA-Val-Pro) and A2 (AHPA-Val-Hyp) were prepared as aminopeptidase N inhibitors through the synthesis of peptide MR-387A and B analogues which contained 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl butanoic acid (ARPA) as a zinc-chelating moiety. They are competitive inhibitors of aminopeptidase N with inhibition constants(Ki) of 4.1 $\times 10^{-7}\;and 1.1 \times 10^{-6}$ M, respectively. MR-387Al also strongly inhibited aminopeptidase B of human myelogenous leukemia K-562 cell with $IC_50$ of 0.35 $\mu$ M. Inhibitions of aminopeptidase N activity by ARPA-bearing inhibitors of various peptide chain lengths also have been studied. $IC_ 50$ values of AHPA-Val (bestatin), ARPA-Val-Pro (MR-387Al) and ARPA-Val-Pro-Leu (MR-387C) compared against porcine kidney aminopeptidase N were 20.1, 0.60 and 0.08 $\mu$ M, respectively. These results support that a multiple interaction between the $S_1\to S'_3$ sites of aminopeptidase N and the $P_1\to P'_3$ of the inhibitor plays a crucial role in stabilizing strongly the enzyme-inhibitor complex.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.6507-6512
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations of CYP1A1 genetic polymorphisms with the risk of developing esophageal cancer (EC). A case-control study was carried out in a Chinese population in which 157 hospital based EC cases and 157 population based healthy controls with 1:1 match by age and sex were included. PCR based restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP) were used to detect genotypes in case and control groups. For the CYP1A1 Ile/Val polymorphism, comparing with wild genotype Ile/Ile, both the heterozygote genotype Ile/Val and the combined variant genotype Ile/Val+Val/Val increased the risk of esophageal cancer (OR: 2.05, 95%CI: 1.19-3.54, OR: 1.86, 95%CI: 1.11-3.12). No significant association was found between the CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism and EC. According to analysis of combined genotypes, the TC/AG combined genotype which contained both variant alleles of these two polymorphisms increased the risk of developing EC (OR: 2.12, 95%CI: 1.16-3.85). Our results suggested that genetic polymorphisms of CYP1A1 may increase the susceptibility to EC.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2004

The metal-ligand complex, $[Ru(phen)_2(dppz)]^{2+}$ (phen=1,10-phenanthroline, dppz=dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine) (RuPD), was used as a spectroscopic probe for studying nucleic acid dynamics. The RuPD complex displays a long lifetime and a molecular light switch property upon DNA binding due to shielding of its dppz ligand from water. To show the usefulness of this luminophore (RuPD) for probing nucleic acid dynamics, we compared its intensity and anisotropy decays when intercalated into the $tRNA^{val}$ and pBluescript (pBS) II SK(+) phagemid through a comparison with ethidium bromide (EB), a conventional nucleic acid probe. We used frequency-domain fluorometry with a blue light-emitting diode (LED) as the modulated light source. The mean lifetime for the $tRNA^{val}$ (<${\tau}$> = 166.5 ns) was much shorter than that for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (<${\tau}$> = 481.3 ns), suggesting a much more efficient shielding from water by the phagemid. Because of their size difference, the anisotropy decay data showed a much shorter rotational correlation times for the $tRNA^{val}$ (99.9 and 23.6 ns) than for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (968.7 and 39.5 ns). These results indicate that RuPD can be useful for studying nucleic acid dynamics.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.2718-2725
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• 2011

The VAL 208 in Uijeongbu Light Rail system is a light railway vehicle which could be operated in driverless supported by Siemens. It is a Rubber Wheel Type AGT (Automatic Guideway Transit). It will be operated in two car train about 11km of Uijeongbu line. In this paper, the technical overview of the ATC system and the interface between the system and the way side control equipments are presented. It includes the main functions of OBCU(On Board control Unit) and its information sharing method with WCU(Way side control Unit). The testing procedure of OBCU is also discussed.