• 보존과학연구
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• 통권24호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2003

We performed nuclear DNA typing and mitochondrial DNA sequencing analysis based on PCR from an ancient Korean remainsexcavated from Siheung in Korea. 7 bones were collected and partially STR(short tandem repeat) systems, Sex determination Amelogenin kit(Promega co, USA), were used in this study. Mitochondrial DNAs were also amplified and sequenced by ABI 310 DNA sequencer. We know that sample no. 2 and no. 3 were females and also sample no. 2 and no.7 possessed the same maternal inheritance by mitochondrial DNA sequencing results. Throughout this research, the mitochondrial DNA sequencing of human in the middle of Joseon Dynasty in Korea is obtained. In addition, this finding will be an important foundation for the future research.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1026-1033
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• 2022

This study presents a novel DNA part characterization technique that increases throughput by combinatorial DNA part assembly, solid plate-based quantitative fluorescence assay for phenotyping, and barcode tagging-based long-read sequencing for genotyping. We confirmed that the fluorescence intensities of colonies on plates were comparable to fluorescence at the single-cell level from a high-end, flow-cytometry device and developed a high-throughput image analysis pipeline. The barcode tagging-based long-read sequencing technique enabled rapid identification of all DNA parts and their combinations with a single sequencing experiment. Using our techniques, forty-four DNA parts (21 promoters and 23 RBSs) were successfully characterized in 72 h without any automated equipment. We anticipate that this high-throughput and easy-to-use part characterization technique will contribute to increasing part diversity and be useful for building genetic circuits and metabolic pathways in synthetic biology.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.410-417
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• 2021

NGS (Next-generation sequencing), 즉 차세대염기서열분석은 유전체 수준의 방대한 DNA를 작은 절편으로 만들어서 그 절편들의 염기서열들을 동시에 읽어내는 기법이다. 현재 다양한 생명체의 유전체 염기서열 분석부터 cDNA (complementary DNA)나 ChIPed DNA (chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA)를 분석하는데 이 NGS 기법을 사용하고 있으며, 이 때 얻어진 데이터를 적절히 처리하고 분석하는 일은 생물학적으로 유의미한 결과를 얻기 위하여 중요하다. 하지만 대용량 데이터의 저장 및 활용, 그리고 컴퓨터 프로그래밍 바탕의 데이터 분석은 실험을 수행하는 일반 생물학자들에게 어려운 일이다. Galaxy 플랫폼은 다양한 NGS 데이터 분석 tool을 무료로 제공하는 웹 서비스이며, 생물정보학이나 프로그래밍에 대한 전문지식이 없는 연구자들에게 웹 브라우저만을 이용하여 데이터를 분석할 수 있는 환경을 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 ChIP-seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing) 수행을 위한 라이브러리 제작 과정 및 Galaxy 플랫폼을 이용한 ChIP-seq 데이터 분석 과정을 설명하고, K562 세포주에서 수행한 히스톤 H3K4me1 ChIP-seq 결과가 public 데이터와 일치함을 보여준다. 따라서 Galaxy 플랫폼을 활용한 NGS 데이터 분석은 생물정보학에 대한 손쉬운 접근 방법을 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.121-127
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• 1999

염기서열 해독작업에서 각 핵산 단편을 조립하는 contig 구성문제에 활용이 가능한 computer program을 개발하였다. 본 프로그램은 국내에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있는 MS-Windows 운영체제의 개인용 컴퓨터에서 작동이 가능하며, GenBank, FASTA, ASCII 등과 같은 다양한 형태의 염기서열 자료를 입력할 수 있다. 두 단편에서 최대 유사도를 나타내는 부분을 정렬하는 작업에는 염기서열의 국부적 상동성을 계산하고 dynamic programming 알고리즘을 적용하는 방법을 이용하였다. 또한 사용하기 편리한 그래픽 방식의 인터페이스를 제공하여 초보자라도 손쉽게 조작할 수 있다는 장점을 갖는다. 본 프로그램의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 세균과 곰팡이로부터 해독된 16S rRNA 와 18S rRNA 유전자의 단편 염기서열을 재구성하는 작업에 프로그램을 사용하였을 때에 효율적인 작업이 가능하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.627-635
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• 2004

주문진 근해의 동해산 넙치, 통영과 거제의 양식산 넙치, 그리고 북한 해역의 동해산 넙치를 이용하여 넙치 ND-4와 cytochrome b유전자의 다양성을 관찰하기 위하여 DGES와 DNA 염기서열 검색을 병행하였는데, 각각의 다른 지역에서 얻은 넙치들은 ND-4-2와 ND-4-3 영역에서 특징적인 DNA 다양성이 있었으나 넙치의 cytochrome b유전자에서는 지역간의 차이를 보이는 유전자 변이가 발견되지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구에서 넙치의 지역별 차이를 구별하는 원산지 판별에는 사용된 DGES와 DNA 염기서열 검색 방법이 효과적이었으며, 넙치의 유전자에서는 개체간의 변이가 ND-4-2와 ND-4-3 영역에서 구별되는 유전자 다양성이 관찰되었으므로, 넙치의 원산지 판정을 위한 유전자 검사에는 ND-4-2와 ND-4-3영역의 검색이 필요하다.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2009

DNA sequencer는 template로 이용하는 DNA의 quality와 sequencing 반응 산물의 정제 방법, 그리고 gel 농도에 민감하다고 알려져 있다. 이에 우리는 plasmid DNA의 준비, 정제, sequencing 반응, gel 농도와 injection medium 등에 대한 최적 조건을 구축하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. Plasmid DNA 준비과정에서 phenol을 사용한 것 보다 chloroform을 사용한 것이 평균 reading length가 532 bp에서 684 bp로 향상되었으며, 2.5% DMSO를 첨가한 것이 첨가하지 않은것에 비해 200 bp 더 길게 염기서열 분석이 되었다. 또한, sequencing 반응산물 정제 시 50 mM EDTA와 0.6 M sodium acetate를 미리 섞어서 pH 8.0으로 맞춘 것을 사용한 것이 50 mM EDTA(pH 8.0)와 0.6 M sodium acetate(pH 5.2)를 각각 사용한 것 보다 20 bp 길게 염기서열 분석이 되었다. Injection medium으로는 실험실에서 resin으로 탈 이온화 시킨 formamide보다 정제된 ABI formamide를 사용한 것이 보다 재현성 있게 reading length가 90 bp 더 길게 분석 되었으며, 4% PAGE gel 보다 3.6% PAGE gel을 사용한 것이 150 bp 더 길게 분석 되었다. Template 준비 시 chloroform으로 정제하고 2.5% DMSO를 첨가, sequencing 반응산물 정제 시 carrier의 pH를 8.0으로 맞춘 것을 이용, 그리고 ABI formamide와 3.6% gel 농도를 사용하는 최적의 조건으로 평균 700 bp, 85% score를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.9-24
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• 2023

The advancement in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technology has revolutionized the field of biology, including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics. This technology has become a crucial tool in many areas of research, allowing scientists to generate vast amounts of genetic data at a much faster pace than traditional methods. With this increased speed and scale of data generation, researchers can now address critical questions and gain new insights into the inner workings of living organisms, as well as the underlying causes of various diseases. Although the first HTS technology have been introduced about two decades ago, it can still be challenging for those new to the field to understand and use effectively. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of commonly used HTS technologies these days and their applications in terms of genome sequencing, transcriptome, DNA methylation, DNA-protein interaction, chromatin accessibility, three-dimensional genome organization, and microbiome.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.500-507
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• 2016

Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing allows identification of methylated DNA bases and methylation patterns/motifs at the genome level. Using SMRT sequencing, diverse bacterial methylomes including those of Helicobacter pylori, Lactobacillus spp., and Escherichia coli have been determined, and previously unreported DNA methylation motifs have been identified. However, the methylomes of Xanthomonas species, which belong to the most important plant pathogenic bacterial genus, have not been documented. Here, we report the methylomes of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines (Xag) strain 8ra and X. campestris pv. vesicatoria (Xcv) strain 85-10. We identified $N^6$-methyladenine (6mA) and $N^4$-methylcytosine (4mC) modification in both genomes. In addition, we assigned putative DNA methylation motifs including previously unreported methylation motifs via REBASE and MotifMaker, and compared methylation patterns in both species. Although Xag and Xcv belong to the same genus, their methylation patterns were dramatically different. The number of 4mC DNA bases in Xag (66,682) was significantly higher (29 fold) than in Xcv (2,321). In contrast, the number of 6mA DNA bases (4,147) in Xag was comparable to the number in Xcv (5,491). Strikingly, there were no common or shared motifs in the 10 most frequently methylated motifs of both strains, indicating they possess unique species- or strain-specific methylation motifs. Among the 20 most frequent motifs from both strains, for 9 motifs at least 1% of the methylated bases were located in putative promoter regions. Methylome analysis by SMRT sequencing technology is the first step toward understanding the biology and functions of DNA methylation in this genus.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2015

Down syndrome screening with cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the maternal plasma has recently received much attention in the prenatal diagnostic field. Indeed, a large amount of evidence has already accumulated to show that screening tests with cfDNA are more sensitive and specific than conventional maternal serum and/or ultrasound screening. Globally, more than 1,000,000 of these noninvasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) have been performed to date. There are several different methods for NIPTs that are currently commercially available, including shotgun massively parallel sequencing, targeted massively parallel sequencing, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based methods. All of these methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. In this review, I will focus specifically on the SNP-based NIPT.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.3187-3190
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• 2013

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a transmembrane receptor which contributes to many processes involved in cell survival, proliferation and inhibits apoptosis, that may lead to cancer development. Gastric cancer is one of the most common diseases of digestive system that has low 5-year-survival. The aim of this research was to determine the significance of EGFR tyrosine kinase domain gene polymorphisms in gastric cancer in Iran. Materials and Methods: In the present study, 83 patients with gastric cancer and 40 normal subjects were investigated for EGFR gene polymorphisms in exons 18-21 by PCR-SSCP. Then, DNA sequencing was conducted for different mobility shift bands. Finally the data were statistically analyzed using the chi-2 test and the SPSSver.16 program. Results: Exon 18 of EGFR gene showed three different bands in SSCP pattern and DNA sequencing displayed one mutation. SSCP pattern of Exons 19 and 21 did not show different migration bands. Exon 20 of EGFR gene revealed multiple migrate bands in SSCP pattern. DNA sequencing displayed 2 mutations in this exon: one mutation was caused amino acid change and another mutation was silent. Conclusion: It may be that EGFR tyrosine kinase gene polymorphisms differ between populations and screening could be useful in gastric cancer patients who might benefit from tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.