• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.03b
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• pp.46-46
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.07a
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• pp.141-176
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• 1994

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.363-367
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• 1994

In an effort to investigate the role of calmodulin (CaM) as a modulating molecule in the signal transduction system in plant cells, we established methods for introduction of purified CaM into cultured soybean cells. CaM was purified from bovine testis, and was labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). Suspension -cultured cells were healed with saponin (0.1 mg/mL) to permeabilize the plasma membrane and coincubated with FITC-CaM complex. Saponin pretreatment was found to increase the fluorescence in the suspension cultured cells, indicating that the FITC-CaM complex could be incorporated into the cytoplasm. Optimal conditions for introducing FITC-CaM complex into protoplasts by electroporation were established with various electric pulses. With increasing field strength, the fluorescence in the protoplase was increased, while the viability of the protoplase decreased. FITC-CaM complex was successfully introduced into the protoplasts by electroporation and the amount of FITC-CaM complex in the protoplase was estimated.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.103-111
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• 2004

Fresh specimens of the aquatic macrophyte, Spirodela polyrhiza, have been examined employing scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Observations revealed the occurrence of microbial colonization during development. Submerged parts of the small, free-floating S. polyrhiza body exhibited a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, cyanobacteria, and diatoms throughout their development. However, immature and/or young plants normally demonstrated much less microbial colonization compared to mature plants. During the study, heavy colonization by the microorganisms was routinely encountered at maturity, especially in the fully developed abaxial fronds and root caps. The mucilaginous layer was shown along the root caps, and the microorganisms appeared to be either clustered or attached to this layer. In contrast, only moderate degrees of colonization were observed in the root, and little to no colonization was observable in the adaxial frond surface. Transmission electron microscopy clearly demonstrated the microbial colonization to be external in the S. polyrhiza specimen examined in the current study. The association between the microorganisms and S. polyrhiza has been considered non-harmful, as no frond senescence and almost no mechanical penetration of the plant by the microorganisms were noticed during the study.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.107-107
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• 2020

소금기가 있는 토양에서 잘 자라는 염생식물은 우리나라 서해안에 널리 분포하여 자생하고 있다. 하지만, 특수 환경에서 자라는 특성 때문에 생리활성에 대한 연구가 많이 되어 있지 않다. 특히, 염생식물의 장내세균에 대한 영향 연구는 거의 없어 새로운 활용에 대한 기대가 커지고 있다. 관련 생리활성평가를 위한 기초데이터를 얻기 위해 2020년6월 충남 태안, 전북 부안, 전남 무안에서 총16종의 염생식물을 채취하여 RAW264.7세포에 대한 세포독성을 검토하였다. 시료를 30% 에탄올로 추출하여, 농축, 동결건조를 통해 분말로 만든 후, 0.1-100 ug/mL의 농도로 RAW264.7세포에 처리하였다. 24시간 후, MTT법으로 세포독성을 측정한 결과, 총16종 중 갯질경, 좀보리사초, 갯개미자리 추출물에서 세포독성이 확인되었다. 본 연구를 통해 세포 수준에서 안전성이 확보된 시료를 활용하여 장내세균에 대한 영향 등을 검토할 계획이다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.125-134
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• 1992

Taxonomic account is given to the five species of Scytosiphonaceae, Colpomenia peregrina (Sauvageau) Hamel, Endarachne binghamiae J. Agardh, Hydroclathrus clathratus (C. Agardh) Howe, Petalonia fascia (O. F. Muller) Kuntze, and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link, collected from Ullungdo Island, Korea. C. peregrina, introduced for the first time in Korea, is similar to C. sinuosa (Roth) Derbes et SolieI in outer appearance but is distinguished by absence of cuticle over the plurilocular sporangial sori. E. binghamiae accords well with American plants but varies in height and width of the thallus according to seasons. H. clathratus has small cortical cells and large clear medullary cells. P fascia is characterized by one to two celled small cortical layer and two to four celled large medullary layer. S. lomentaria shows variation in gross morphology, especially in height and width of thallus according to seasons.easons.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.143-151
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• 2005

Cytological characteristics of Abeliophyllum distichum (Oleaceae), endemic to Korea, was examined. Somatic chromosome numbers was 2n = 28 which corresponds to diploid based on x=14. Chromosome length was varied continuously from $1.00{\mu}m$ to $2.03{\mu}m$. Karyotype of Abeliophyllum distichum was investigated in this study for the first time. The cytological characteristics including basic chromosome number, continuous variation of chromosome length, diploid and karyotype were similar to those of the genus Forsythia, which indicated the close relationship between Abeliophyllum and Forsythia, and consequently the two genera seemed to be included to same tribe.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.745-754
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and verify the effectiveness of sustainable cosmetic raw materials developed from Gynostemma pentaphyllum, a plant native to Ulleungdo, in improving the skin barrier function and treating atopic dermatitis. Cells were derived from adult Gynostemma pentaphyllum plants, and suitable conditions for mass culture of the cells were established in a bioreactor. DNA components and amino acids extracted from this mass culture were identified from the HPLC fraction. In the in vitro efficacy evaluation results, changes in the expression levels of skin barrier-related proteins such as filaggrin (FLG) and Zonula occludens-1 (Zo-1) were insignificant. It was confirmed that the expression levels of the proteins thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and interleukin-33 (IL-33) were significantly reduced. These results lead to the conclusion that Gynostemma pentaphyllum cell extracts have significant anti-inflammatory effects and that these extracts can be widely used as sustainable, nature-friendly active material in cosmetics with anti-inflammatory effects and targeted at improving atopic dermatitis.They may find use in anti-aging cosmetic products as well.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.271-275
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• 1989

Batch growth of plant cell suspension cultures of Thalictrum rugosum was studied to clarify the kinetic behaviors. It was found that the product formation was growth associated. The specific growth rate was $0.20-0.25\;day\;^{-1}$/TEX> at the growth phase and the FW/DCW ratio was an interesting parameter which represented the status of the cells or the status of sugar concentration. The cell yield was 0.36 g cells/g sugar. The maximum berberine level was 139 mg/L of which 120 mg/L was intracellular. In terms of the specific content of berberine, the product was 1.10% of dry cell weight. At the growth phase, the relationship between the specific growth rate and sugar concentration was described well by Monod kinetics.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.299-300
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• 2017

세포사멸(Apoptosis)은 유전자에 의해 일어나는 세포의 능동적인 죽음을 의미한다. 본 연구에서는 식물의 세포사멸과 동물의 세포사멸을 진화적 관점에서 접근함으로써 세포사멸이라는 기작을 분석하고자하였다. 먼저 인간에서는 세포사멸에 관여하는 단백질이지만 식물과 효모에서는 다른 기능을 하는 단백질 정보를 확인하였다. 확인한 단백질 정보를 바탕으로 다른 생물종과의 유전체 비교분석을 통해 해당 단백질과 세포사멸기작에 대한 정보를 확인 할 수 있었다.