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Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes by Methylmercury in Neuroblastoma cell line using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) and cDNA Microarray

  • Kim, Youn-Jung;Chang, Suk-Tai;Yun, Hye-Jung;Ryu, Jae-Chun
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.189.2-190
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    • 2003
  • Methylmercury (MeHg), one of the heavy metal compounds. can cause severe damage to the central nervous system in humans. Many reports have shown that MeHg is poisonous to human body through contaminated foods and has released into the environment. Despite many studies on the pathogenesis of MeHg-induced central neuropathy, no useful mechanism of toxicity has been established so far. (omitted)

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RAN-aCGH: R GUI Tools for Analysis and Visualization of an Array-CGH Experiment

  • Kim, Sang-Cheol;Kim, Byung-Soo
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.137-139
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    • 2007
  • RAN-aCGH is an R GUI tool for the analysis and visualization of array comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) experiments. The tool consists of data-loading, preprocessing for missing data, several methods for statistical identification of DNA copy number aberration, and visualization of the copy number change. RAN-aCGH requires a single input format, provides various visualizations, and allows the addition of a new statistical method, all in a user-friendly graphic user interface (GUI).

Evanescent Wave-Based Fiber Bragg Grating Biosensors

  • Lee, Sang-Mae;Kim, Deug;Dagenais, Mario;Chryssis, Athanasios N.;Saini, Simarjeet Singh;Yi, Hyunmin;Bentley, William E.
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.07a
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    • pp.399-400
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    • 2006
  • Etched fiber Bragg grating, Sensitivity of fiber-Bragg-grating sensors to index of surrounding, Hybridization of DNA

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Sequence analysis of LSU rDNA of Alexandrium tamarense/catenella complex from Korean coastal waters

  • Kim, Keunyong;Kim, Chang-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.252-254
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    • 2001
  • A great deal of effort has been put into the identification of Alexandrium tamarense/fundyense/catenella complex by understanding correlation between morphological and subcellular characteristics. To date, the most promising tool for the study of these species is sequence analyses of rRNA genes that have been useful for various organisms' taxonomy and phylogeny, and its application such as in situ hybridization. (omitted)

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Clinical Application of Chromosomal Microarray for Germline Disorders

  • Chang Ahn Seol
    • Journal of Interdisciplinary Genomics
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.24-28
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    • 2023
  • Chromosomal microarray (CMA) is primarily recommended for detecting clinically significant copy number variants (CNVs) in the genetic diagnosis of developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism, and congenital malformations. Prenatal CMA is recommended when a fetus has major congenital malformations. The main principles of CMA can be divided into array comparative genomic hybridization and single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays. In the current CMA platforms, these two principles are combined, and detection of genetic abnormalities including CNVs and absence of heterozygosity is facilitated. In this review, I described practical assessment of CMA testing regarding to laboratory management of CMA, interpretation of CNVs, and special considerations for comprehensive genetic counseling.

A Linear Beacon System Featuring an Internal Deoxyguanine Quencher Allows Highly Selective Detection of Single Base Mismatches

  • Lee, Young-Ae;Hwang, Gil-Tae
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.7
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    • pp.2011-2014
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    • 2010
  • The fluorescence intensity of a single-stranded oligonucleotide containing a fluorene-labeled deoxyuridine $(U^{Fl})$ unit increases by only 1.5-fold upon formation of its perfectly matched duplex. To increase the fluorescence signal during hybridization, we positioned a quencher strand containing a deoxyguanine (dG) nucleobase, functioning as an internal quencher, opposite to the $U^{Fl}$ unit to reduce the intrinsic fluorescence upon hybridization with a probe. From an investigation of the optimal length of the quencher strand and the effect of the neighboring base sequence, we found that a short strand (five-nucleotide) containing all natural nucleotides and dG as an internal quencher was effective at reducing the intrinsic fluorescence of a linear beacon; it also exhibited high total discrimination factors for the formation of perfectly matched and single base-mismatched duplexes. Such assays that function based on clear changes in fluorescence in response to single-base nucleotide mutations would be useful tools for accelerating diagnoses related to various diseases.

Effects of 17 β -estradiol, bisphenol A and genistein on the expression of the glutathione peroxidase gene of Philasterides dicentrarchii (Ciliophora: Scuticociliata)

  • Lee, Eun-Hye;Kim, Sung-Mi;Nam, Yoon-Kwon;Kim, Ki-Hong
    • Journal of fish pathology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.189-195
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    • 2006
  • A subtracted cDNA library of a marine scuticociliate, Philasterides dicentrarchii, in response to 17β-estradiol exposure was constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). As a result of SSH, 275 clones were isolated, and among them, only glutathione peroxidase (GPX) gene was isolated as an antioxidative enzyme responding to 17β-estradiol. The semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed that the transcription of GPX gene of P. dicentrarchii was clearly increased by exposure to 17β-estradiol. The GPX transcription was also clearly increased by exposure to xenoestrogens such as bisphenol A (BPA) and genistein.

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION STUDIES ON CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA IN KOREA

  • Lee, Chul-Hoon;Park, Bu-Young;Kim, Min--Kyoung;Jee- Hong Kyhm;Park, Ho-Soon;Cho, Youl-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.190-190
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    • 2001
  • The elucidation of the genetic changes of cholangiocarcinoma is very important for understanding the molecular mechanism of carcinogenesis and progression of cholangiocarcinoma. In order to identify the gains or losses of the copy number of DNA sequence in cholangiocarcinoma, we used comparative genomic hybridization to study 33 cases of cholangiocarcinoma. The whole DNAs from each tumor tissue were labeled with different fluorochromes and then simultaneously hybridized to normal metaphase spread chromosomes.(omitted)

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