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Implementation of Biological Information System Using Microprocessor(I)-Scanconverter- (마이크로프로세서를 이용한 생체정보시스템의 구성에 관한 연구(I)-환자감시 장치용 Scanconverter를 중심으로)

  • 박상희;김원기
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 1986
  • In this paper, a scanconverter which displays the biological signals of low frequency on CRT for the purpose of easy read-out is attempted to design for using the CRTC, and it stows some good effectivenesses The results obtained in this experiment are as follows : (1) Using only one chip, CRT controller, it can display both waveforms and characters simultaneously. (2) The flexibility of CPU program can be obtained using the sub-microproce ssor function of CRTC chip. (3) The trend of digital data is possible through the graphic function (4) The vibration of displayed waveform can be prevented using the chip simplification and the trigger signal of one chip. (5) Operation with microprocessor malies the expansion and interface easy.

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Type specimens of Korean vascular plants in the Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute (LE)

  • Grabovskaya-Borodina, Alisa E.;Illarionova, Irina D.;Tatanov, Ivan V.;Lee, Byoung-Yoon;Lim, Chae Eun
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.191-202
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    • 2013
  • The article provides information on type specimens of 150 taxa of vascular plants from Korea, kept in the Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For all specimens, type category is indicated. Lectotypes for the names of Clematis brachyura Maxim., C. spectabilis Palib., Corydalis wilfordii Regel, Poa viridula Palib., Polygonum marretii H. L$\acute{e}$v., P. sagittatum L. var. hallaisanense H. L$\acute{e}$v., P. taquetii H. L$\acute{e}$v. and P. thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. var. coreana H. L$\acute{e}$v. were designated. Type specimens examined in this article belong to the taxa described by Russian botanists V.L. Komarov, K.J. Maximovicz and I.V. Palibin, French botanist A.A.H. L$\acute{e}$veill$\acute{e}$ (some with co-author E. Vaniot) and others.

The Studies in Relationship between Molecular Structure and Biological Activities (생리활성과 분자구조의 상관관계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Ui-Rak;Min Kyung-Sub;Kim Joung-Too;Jeong Bong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.68-75
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    • 1993
  • Various biological activities (enzyme inhibitory potency, lipoxygenase inhibition, tadpole narcosis, vapor toxicity and heat of vaporization) of molecules are correlated with molecular descriptors. The molecular descriptors used in this works are molecular connectivity index, Wiener distance index and ad hoc descriptor, which can encode information about branching, size, cyclization, unsaturation, hetero atom content and polarizability. It is found that calculated values from multiple regression equations are in a good agreement with experimental data on five biological activities of alcohol, ester and ketone compounds.

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Synchronization and desynchronization in a biological neural network

  • Cancedda, Stefano;Corsini, Filippo;Marini, Massimiliano;Morabito, Federico;Stillo, Giuliano;Davide, Fabrizio
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07c
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    • pp.1867-1870
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    • 2002
  • In the present paper, we will focus on the characterization of the biological network behaviour, in terms of synchronization and desynchronization of the measured signals by Micro Electrode array. We evaluate a easy calculable estimator that implies de/synchronization property of the biological neural network.

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Polycystic kidney disease and therapeutic approaches

  • Park, Eun-Young;Woo, Yu-Mi;Park, Jong-Hoon
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.44 no.6
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    • pp.359-368
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    • 2011
  • Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common genetic disorder in which extensive epithelial-lined cysts develop in the kidneys. In previous studies, abnormalities of polycystin protein and its interacting proteins, as well as primary cilia, have been suggested to play critical roles in the development of renal cysts. However, although several therapeutic targets for PKD have been suggested, no early diagnosis or effective treatments are currently available. Current developments are active for treatment of PKD including inhibitors or antagonists of PPAR-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, CDK and VEGF. These drugs are potential therapeutic targets in PKD, and need to be determined about pathological functions in human PKD. It has recently been reported that the alteration of epigenetic regulation, as well as gene mutations, may affect the pathogenesis of PKD. In this review, we will discuss recent approaches to PKD therapy. It provides important information regarding potential targets for PKD.

Checklist of Korean ciliates(Protozoa: Ciliophora)

  • Jung, Jae-Ho;Park, Mi-Hyun;Kim, Sun Young;Choi, Jung Min;Min, Gi-Sik;Kim, Young-Ok
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.241-257
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    • 2017
  • After the first record of a Korean ciliate in 1931, more than 130 papers have been published describing Korean ciliates. Of these records, the years 1997, 2012, and 2016 include milestone publications in Korea. Even though the publications provide summarized data about Korean ciliates with relevant literature citations, these publications included two nomenclatural errors, two misspellings, and one misidentification; nine species were transferred to other genera. Furthermore, the type specimens deposited in the laboratory of Prof. Joong Ki Choi (Inha University, Korea) were transferred to the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK) because of his retirement. Here, we provide an updated list of 331 Korean species described by 2016 and present information about the type specimens. We also and address the aforementioned problems with bringing together scattered data related to ciliate lists.

Clearing and Labeling Techniques for Large-Scale Biological Tissues

  • Seo, Jinyoung;Choe, Minjin;Kim, Sung-Yon
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2016
  • Clearing and labeling techniques for large-scale biological tissues enable simultaneous extraction of molecular and structural information with minimal disassembly of the sample, facilitating the integration of molecular, cellular and systems biology across different scales. Recent years have witnessed an explosive increase in the number of such methods and their applications, reflecting heightened interest in organ-wide clearing and labeling across many fields of biology and medicine. In this review, we provide an overview and comparison of existing clearing and labeling techniques and discuss challenges and opportunities in the investigations of large-scale biological systems.

Informative Gene Selection Method in Tumor Classification

  • Lee, Hyosoo;Park, Jong Hoon
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.19-29
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    • 2004
  • Gene expression profiles may offer more information than morphology and provide an alternative to morphology- based tumor classification systems. Informative gene selection is finding gene subsets that are able to discriminate between tumor types, and may have clear biological interpretation. Gene selection is a fundamental issue in gene expression based tumor classification. In this report, techniques for selecting informative genes are illustrated and supervised shaving introduced as a gene selection method in the place of a clustering algorithm. The supervised shaving method showed good performance in gene selection and classification, even though it is a clustering algorithm. Almost selected genes are related to leukemia disease. The expression profiles of 3051 genes were analyzed in 27 acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 11 myeloid leukemia samples. Through these examples, the supervised shaving method has been shown to produce biologically significant genes of more than $94\%$ accuracy of classification. In this report, SVM has also been shown to be a practicable method for gene expression-based classification.

Estimation of nuclear DNA content of various bamboo and rattan species

  • Kumar, Prakash P.;Turner, Ian M.;Rao, A. Nagaraja;Arumuganathan, K.
    • Plant Biotechnology Reports
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.317-322
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    • 2011
  • We determined the nuclear DNA content (genome size) of over 35 accessions each of bamboo and rattan species from Southeast Asia. The 2C DNA per nucleus was quantified by flow cytometry. The fluorescence of nuclei isolated from the leaves and stained with propidium iodide was measured. The genome size of the bamboo species examined was between 2.5 and 5.9 pg DNA per 2C nucleus. The genome size of the rattan species examined ranged from 1.8 to 10.5 pg DNA per 2C nucleus. This information will be useful for scientists working in diverse areas of plant biology such as biotechnology, biodiversity, genome analysis, plant breeding, physiology and molecular biology. Such data may be utilized to attempt to correlate the genome size with the ploidy status of bamboo species in cases where ploidy status has been reported.

First Record of the Monotypic Species, Nonparahalosydna pleiolepis (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Korean Waters, with Its DNA Barcoding Information

  • Kim, Kwang-Soo;Choi, Hyun Ki;Lee, Wonchoel;Park, Taeseo
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.258-263
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    • 2020
  • The aim of this study is to report monotypic species, Nonparahalosydna pleiolepis(Marenzeller, 1879) for the first time from Korean waters with its DNA barcoding data. We collected individuals of the species from the subtidal zone of southern coast of Korea through scuba diving. To estimate DNA barcoding gap, the pairwise genetic distances were calculated between N. pleiolepis and its congeners (Halosydna brevisetosa Kinberg, 1856 and Lepidonotus squamatus (Linnaeus, 1758)) based on the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (COI). Inter-specific genetic distances ranged from 18.7% to 24.6%, while intra-specific genetic distance within N. pleiolepis ranged from 0.3% to 0.5%. The maximum intra-specific genetic distance among the three species was 1.4%. The morphological diagnosis of N. pleiolepis with a taxonomic note on the species were also provided.