• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.796-798
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• 2003

RNA 분자의 이차구조는 그 분자의 생물학적 기능을 이해하는데 필요한 요소이다. 본 논문은 RNA 이차 구조의 loop과 helix를 그룹화 하여 하나의 객체 단위로 설계한 뒤 필요한 loop과 helix들의 연결구조를 부분 시각화 하는 알고리즘을 소개한다. 기존의 존재하는 시각화 알고리즘들은 정보손실에 해당하는 겹침에 의한 피해를 줄이기 위해 다양한 변형 방법을 이용하였으나 이번 알고리즘은 사용자에 의해 필요로 하는 정보만을 선택해 볼 수 있기에 정보 손실의 문제를 피할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.15-25
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• 2005

During the recent decade, the new data about normal neurochemical system development have been accumulated very much. Based on these new data, the up-to-date theory and hypothesis have been developed. These development of this field results from the technological/methodological development which increase the sensitivity, specificity and validity of neurochemical research. Especially, molecular technological development support the recent neurochemical development. In this review article, the authors described the recent research findings in the field of normal neurochemical development of neurotransmitter system in animal and human. Most of child psychiatric disorder, especially neuropsychiatric developmental disorders (ADHD, Autism, Tourette's disorder, MR etc) seem to have underlying neurochemical developmental problems in the pathophysiological basis. So, the data on the normal ontogeny of neurotransmitter system can be the most valuable resources for the research on the etiology of the diverse child psychiatric disorders.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.53-57
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• 2015

Ulleungdo is a volcanic island inhabited by a variety of animals and plants in an oceanic climate in the East Sea. The presence of filamentous fungi has been rarely reported in Ulleungdo. Thus, in this study some plants in the Nari basin and soils in the Dodong region were sampled. Fungi were isolated from the soil and identified by microscopical and molecular biological methods. Coniothyrium aleuritis, Hypocrea valdunensis, Pestalotiopsis uvicola and P. caudate were identified and found to be undescribed species in Korea.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.147-156
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• 2010

There are four key factors for gas-phase biofilters; biocatalysts(microorganisms), packing materials, design/operating techniques, and diagnosis/management techniques. Biofilter performance is significantly affected by microbial community structures as well as loading conditions. The microbial studies on biofilters are mostly performed on basis of culture-dependent methods. Recently, advanced methods have been proposed to characterize the microbial community structure in environmental samples. In this study, the physiological, biochemical and molecular methods for profiling microbial communities are reviewed, and their applicability to biofilters is discussed. Community-level physiological profile is based on the utilization capability of carbon substrate by heterotrophic community in environmental samples. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis method is based on the variability of fatty acids present in cell membranes of different microorganisms. Molecular methods using DNA directly extracted from environmental samples can be divided into "partial community DNA analysis" and "whole community DNA analysis" approaches. The former approaches consist in the analysis of PCR-amplified sequence, the genes of ribosomal operon are the most commonly used sequences. These methods include PCR fragment cloning and genetic fingerprinting such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism, ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, and random amplified polymorphic DNA. The whole community DNA analysis methods are total genomic cross-DNA hybridization, thermal denaturation and reassociation of whole extracted DNA and extracted whole DNA fractionation using density gradient.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2010

Enterocytozoon bieneusi, a microsporidian species, has emerged as an opportunistic pathogen in AIDS patients. This organism has also been identified in a wide range of animals, and the zoonotic potential of human infections is of particular interest. This study revealed that this organism was found with relatively high prevalence in feces of asymptomatic cattle in Korea. Fecal specimens were obtained from a total of 1,720 cattle in a slaughterhouse located in Chungnam province, Daejeon city and Chonbuk province. After removal of fecal debris by sieving and density gradient centrifugation, samples were examined by microscopic examination and then nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Microscopic examination with the modified trichrome staining for the fecal specimens revealed 194 (11.28%) positive calves for microsporidia spore. PCR using the specific primer for E. bieneusi revealed 79 (4.59%) positive calves. The infection ratio of microsporidia was higher in March than other season.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.28 no.10
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• pp.113-121
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• 2023

Network pharmacology in traditional Korean and Chinese medicine studies the molecular and biological aspects of herbal medicine using computational methods. Despite variations in databases, techniques, and criteria, most studies follow similar steps: constructing herb-compound networks, compound-target networks, and target interpretation. To ensure efficient and consistent analysis in herbal medicine network pharmacology, we designed and implemented a common analysis pipeline. We showed its reliability with existing databases. The proposed system has a potential to facilitate network pharmacology analysis in traditional medicine, ensuring consistent analysis of various herbal medicines.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.189-200
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• 2005

Biological nitrogen fixation is an important process for academic and industrial aspects. This review will briefly compare industrial and biological nitrogen fixation and cover the characteristics of biological nitrogen fixation studied in Azotobacter vinelandii. Various organisms can carry out biological nitrogen fixation and recently the researches on the reaction mechanism were concentrated on the free-living microorganism, A. vinelandii. Nitrogen fixation, which transforms atmospheric $N_2$ into ammonia, is chemically a reduction reaction requiring electron donation. Nitrogenase, the biological nitrgen fixer, accepts electrons from biological electron donors, and transfers them to the active site, FeMo-cofactor, through $Fe_4S_4$ cluster in Fe protein and P-cluster in MoFe protein. The electron transport and the proton transport are very important processes in the nitrogenase catalysis to understand its reaction mechanism, and the interactions between FeMo-cofactor and nitrogen molecule are at the center of biological nitrogen fixation mechanism. Spectroscopic studies including protein X-ray crystallography, EPR and $M{\ddot{o}}ssbauer$, biochemical approaches including substrate and inhibitor interactions as well as site-directed mutation study, and chemical approach to synthesize the FeMo-cofactor model compounds were used for biological nitrogen fixation study. Recent research results from these area were presented, and finally, a new nitrogenase reaction mechanism will be proposed based on the various research results.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.209-222
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• 2006

The whole genome sequence was completed in arabidopsis and rice. Large amounts of EST data have been available from many other plants. Also, vast quantities of diverse biological data have been generated by various '-omics' technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Bioinformatics plays an essential role in extracting useful information from these tremendous amounts of biological data. In this review we introduced experimental methods to generate massive data, applications to plant science such as plant disease resistance and molecular breeding and bioinformatics tools and web sites available in plant biotechnology R&D. We concluded that new experimental methods and bioinfomation analysis techniques have made major contributions to the development of plant biotechnology and that bioinformatics has become a critical factor in plant biotechnology R&D.

• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2003

해양저질에서 휴면포자의 분포와 분포량에 대한 조사는 미래의 와편모조류 적조발생 시기나 장소를 예측할 수 있게 한다. 그러므로 저질내의 휴면포자를 찾고 분리하는 기술이 기본적으로 수행되어야 하며 지금까지 여러 방법이 개발되어 왔다. 이 연구의 목적은 기존의 휴면포자 계수방법들을 비교함으로써 연구의 효율을 제고 하고자 하는데 있다. 이 실험에서는 새만금 해역의 동일정점 저질내에 존재하는 휴면포자를 형광 염색하여 계수하는 Primuline 염색법, 해수, 휴면포자, sodium polytungstate의 비중차이를 이용하여 밀도구배원심법으로 분리하는 방법, 그리고 10% HCl로 탄산질을 제거하고 47% HF로 규산질을 제거한 뒤 휴면포자를 계수하는 고전적 계수방법 (palynological technique)을 사용하여 저질 내의 휴면포자를 분리 비교하였다. Primuline 염색법을 이용하였을 경우 Alexandrium famarense/catenella complex, Alexandrium sp. (spherical), Gonyaulax verior, Gonyaulax scrippsea, Gonyaulax spinifera complex등의 일부 종만 염색되어 관찰되었다. sodium polytungstate를 비중 1.3 g$cm^{-3}$으로 조정한 후 휴면포자를 분리한 밀도구배 원심법은 생물에 거의 무해한 것으로 알려져 있어서 발아가 가능해 휴면포자와 영양세포간의 관계를 규명할 수 있다는 장점이 있으나 계수에 있어서는 재현성이 떨어졌다. 반면 Palynological technique은 발아는 되지 않지만 석회질 벽을 가지는 휴면포자를 제외한 대부분의 종들이 관찰되었다. 이 결과는 실험 목적별로 휴면포자 계수방법을 달리 할 수 있음을 보여준다. 즉 발아실험을 할 경우에는 밀도구배원심법을, Alexandrium과 같은 특정종의 계수목적시에는 Primuline 염색법을, 정점 내 정확한 종 분포 파악을 위해서는 palynological technique을 사용하는 것이 효과적일 수 있다. 하지만 종분포 파악시에는 시간이 많이 소요되므로 좀더 신속하고 정확한 실험을 위해 분자생물학적인 기법들이 요구된다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.365-369
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• 2000

Methanogenic activity of granular sludge was monitored by specific methanogenic activity (SMA) assay and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) during start-up of a thermophilic UASB reactor. Autofluorescence by CLSM could visualize the methanogenic bacterial population inside sludge granules and its intensity was proportional to SMA. Considering the complex procedures of SMA measurement, fluorescence quantification by CLSM can be suggested as a routine technique measuring methanogenic activity in UASB granules.