• Water for future
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• v.56 no.7
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• pp.36-40
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• 2023

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.523-530
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• 2014

One juvenile raptor which was not able to be identified due to its head damage was discovered on a roadside in Janggok-ri, Jori-eup, Paju on 28th June, 2011. The species was identified by DNA barcoding. After polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI), we obtained 695 bp sequences. We analyzed the obtained COI sequence with similar sequences from the BOLD systems and BLAST of the NCBI Genbank, and discovered that its sequence showed 100 % similarity values with the one of the five gray-faced buzzards which were previously researched. In addition, it was confirmed to be a female through sex determination using DNA. Such results are important information as it confirms the breeding of the gray-faced buzzards for the first time in 43 years since its breeding was last recorded in 1968, in Paju. Wildlife rescue center needs to work with adjacent consigned registration and preservation institutions when carcass of wild animals is collected or DNA samples are obtained for more accurate both species and sex identification through a systematic management system in the future. Furthermore, the obtained DNA sample of the gray-faced buzzard and COI gene, DNA barcode, could be used as reference standards for similar researches in the future.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.385-392
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• 2001

Environmental risk factors such as ionizing radiations, heavy metals, and pesticides can cause environmental disasters when they exist in excess. The increases in use of ionizing radiation and agricultural pesticide are somewhat related to the possibility of the disaster. The risk of radiation and pesticide was evaluated by means of the single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay on the human blood lymphocytes. The lymphocytes were irradiated with $0{\sim}2.0Gy$ of $^{60}Co$ gamma ray. Another groups of lymphocytes were exposed to various concentrations of parathion. Significantly increased tail moment, which was a marker of DNA strand breaks in SCGE assay, showed a clear dose- or concentration-response relationship. Parathion of a recommended concentration for agricultural use ($1mg {\ell}^{-1}$ ) has a strong cytotoxic effect on lymphocytes, which is equivalent to damage induced by 0.1 Gy of ${\gamma}$-ray. Furthermore, $2mg{\ell}^{-1}$ of parathion can give rise to DNA damage equivalent to that induced by 0.25 Gy at which the radiation-induced damage can start to develop into clinical symptoms. The comparative results of this study can provide an experimental basis and biological information for the prevention of environmental disaster.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2022.09a
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• pp.66-66
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• 2022

속성수로 활용되는 버드나무속 식물들은 생식기관과 영양기관의 성장 시기가 달라 형태적 특성 평가를 위해 수년간의 조사 기간이 요구된다. 따라서 바이오매스 우수 버드나무속 교잡종 육성의 성공 여부를 조기 판별하기 위한 식별 기술이 필요하다. DNA 마커는 식물의 생장단계와 관련 없이 탐색할 수 있으며 환경에 영향을 받지 않는 장점이 있다. 식물의 계통 분류 시 주로 사용되는 엽록체 DNA는 유전자 염기서열의 변이가 비교적 크지 않은 장점이 있으나 대부분의 활엽수에서 모계를 통해 유전되는 특징이 있다. 하지만 종간 교잡종의 식별은 각각의 부모종과 구분할 수 있어야 하므로 본 연구는 엽록체 DNA가 아닌 핵 DNA를 대상으로 분석하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 호랑버들을 암나무로 갯버들을 수나무로 인공교배하여 육성된 종간 교잡종을 식별하는 핵 DNA 마커를 탐색하는 것이다. 이를 위해 버드나무속에서 개발된 총 35개의 nSSR (nuclear Simple Sequence Repeat) 마커를 대상으로 호랑버들과 갯버들, 종간 교잡종의 식별 가능성을 평가하였다. 분석 결과 호랑버들과 갯버들, 종간 교잡종 간 차이를 나타내는 2개의 핵 DNA 마커를 선발하였다. 따라서 선발된 핵 DNA 마커를 활용하여 호랑버들과 갯버들, 종간 교잡종의 조기 식별에 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.483-490
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• 1992

In order to understand the transfer behavior of a particular gene in water environments, kanamycin resistance ($Km^r$) gene was tracked by Southern hybridization with DNA probe in its conjugal transfer. A $Km^r$ natural bacterial isolate and genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs) constructed from the isolate were used as donor for conjugal transfer of the $Km^r$ gene. The transfer frequencies of the $Km^r$ gene from GMM strains were generally 10 to 100 times higher than those from the natural isolate. The conjugants obtained from GMM strains in LB broth had more plasmids newly appeared, and particularly the conjugants in A Wand FW waters revealed more rearrangement in their plasmids as a function of conjugation time. When plasmids of the conjugants obtained in LB broth were Southern hybridized with DNA probe of the $Km^r$ gene, the $Km^r$ plasmids in the conjugants were detected at the same position of the plasmids in donor cells, in spite of the fact that the plasmids were highly rearranged in conjugant cells. But the $Km^r$ plasmids in the donor of DKI and DKC601, and DKC600 were not identified in the conjugants obtained after 50 h conjugation in AW and after 30 h in AW, respectively. The size of the $Km^r$ plasmids showing hybridization signal were a little changed in the conjugants obtained in A Wand FW waters. Therefore, the method of Southern hybridization with DNA probe was proved to be very specific and useful for tracking of particular genes in water environments.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2000.12a
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• pp.74-74
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• 2000

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.86-86
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 1996.12a
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• pp.45-46
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.56-56
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• 2002