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Isolation and Characterization of Calmodulin 2 (CICAM2) Gene from Codonopsis lanceolata

  • Lee, Kang;In, Jun-Gyo;Yu, Chang-Yeon;Min, Byung-Hoon;Chung, Ill-Min;Kim, Se-Young;Kim, Yeong-Chae;Yang, Deok-Chun
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.174-180
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    • 2004
  • Calmodulin, a $Ca^{2+}$-binding protein, has no enzyme activity. It combines with $Ca^{2+}$ and makes variable proteins to an active form. Calmodulin 2 is a ubiquitous protein in plants. To investigate the defense mechanism against various stresses, a clone encoding a calmodulin 2 protein was isolated from a cDNA library prepared from taproot mRNAs of Codonopsis lanceolata. The cDNA, designated CICAM2, is 719 nucleotides long and has an open reading frame of 450 bp with a deduced amino acid sequence of 149 residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of CICAM2 showed a high similarity with calmodulins of P. x hybrida (P27163) 97%, N. tabacum (BAB61908) 97%, S. tuberosum (AAA74405) 96%, Z. mays (CAA74307) 92%, C. richardii (AF510075) 93%, M. truncatula (AAM81203) 91%, and G. max (P62163) 91%. The transcriptional expression of the CICAM2 gene, was gradually increased by the CaCl$_2$ treatment. Whereas its expression And it was gradually decreased in the cold stress treatment.ent.

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A CASE OF MULTIPLE FACIAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS (다발성 안면부 총상환자의 증례보고)

  • Kim, Jong-Ryoul;Hwang, Dae-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.60-63
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    • 2003
  • Gunshot injuries can range from the most minor to the life-threatening. Multidisciplinary care is required for successful management of patients, In the acute phase, care may involve emergency surgeons, anaesthesists, neurosurgeons, ophthalmic surgeons, vascular surgeons, ENT specialist in addition to the oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Afterwards, definitive treatment of facial gunshot injuries depends ultimately on the abilities and skills of the oral and maxillofacial surgeons, and their appreciation of such injuries. The timing and sequence of the surgical procedures used for reconstruction and rehabilitation of maxillofacial gunshot injuries are crucial to a successful outcome and aesthetic result. If incorrect, they may lead indefinitely to infection, graft rejection, wound dehiscence with consequent multiple revisional operations and complication which will prolong hospital stay and increase treatment costs and morbidity on those patients. We present a gunshot case of a 46-year-old man who tried to commit sucide, and have avulsive and penerating wounds on the face and the neck. We removed the scattered bullets and fragments successfully and the wounds were closed primarily.

A Study on the Appropriate Utilization of Relocated School Sites - Focused on the 'A' Elementary School in Eun-Pyoung Gu, Seoul - (학교 이전적지의 적정활용 방안에 관한 연구 - 서울시 은평구 'A' 초등학교를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Jin-Su;Kim, Chang-Shin;Kim, Hyoun-Ho;Dong, Jae-Wook;Lee, Hwa-Ryong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 2011
  • ent years, the change of urban function and the decrease in birth rate have given rise to merge, abolition and relocation of the existing schools. This study explores the possibilities for various land utilizations of relocated school sites, using the trial case of 'A' elementary school in Eun-pyeong gu, Seoul. 'A' elementary school has happened transfer plan due to the urban development project of the redevelopment area, Eun-pyeong gu in Seoul. Firstly, it studies the land use categories and the development methodologies of 7 relocated school sites happened in Seoul. In addition, it analyzes the land utilization after relocation, development principals, area, building usage and changes in land use regulation. Finally, it proposes the commercial exploitation of school site targeting 'A' elementary school site. Throughout the profit analysis, this study concludes that it is available to exploit the relocated school sites by the variety of development methodologies, especially in a metropolis like Seoul.

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Changes on the Methylmercury-induced Cytotoxicity by Control of Cell Membrane Transport System (세포막 물질수송계의 조절에 의한 유기수은의 세포독성 변화에 대한 연구)

  • 염정호;고대하;김준연;김남송
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.88-96
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    • 2000
  • The aim of the current study was to evaluate the transport system in EMT-6 cell for the uptake of the methylmercury(MeHg). Several inhibitors ere used to test used to test which potential transport system might be involoved in MeHg uptake. Probenecid was used to test the organic transport system, valinomycin for testing the effect of the membrane potential, cytochalasin B for testing the facilitated diffusive D-glucose transport system and colchicine for testing the microtubule system. Ouabain for evaluating active transport system, 4',4-diisothiocyano-2',2-stilbenedisulfonic acid(DIDS) the Cl- ion transport system and verapamil for the $Ca^{2+}$ transprot system. Significantly, MeHg decreased the synthesis of nitric oxcide(NO) and intracellular ATP in ENT-6 cells. In the condition of ouabain containing with MeHg decreased the production of NO and intracelluar ATP. In the treatment of inhibitors, ouabain showed protective effect against cytotoxicity of MeHg but ather inhibitors not showed protective effects. The protective effects of ouabain against the cytotoxicity of MeHg deoended on the concentration of added ouabain to the culture medium for MET-6 cells. These result showed that the uptake of MeHg might be involved in the active transport system. Active transports system seems to share similarities with the transport systems for the uptake of MeHg when using MeHg and MeHg-glutathione complex.x.

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Characterization of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Fresh Beef, Pork, and Chicken Meat in Korean Markets

  • Cho, Yong Sun;Koo, Min Seon;Jang, Hye Jin
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.121-128
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    • 2020
  • Diarrhea is a major public health concern associated with pathogenic Escherichia coli infections. Food-borne pathogenic E. coli can lead to large diarrheal outbreaks and hence, there is a need to estimate the frequency of pathogenic E. coli load in the various types of meat available in markets. In the present study, we classified and characterized diarrheagenic E. coli isolates collected from 399 raw meat samples from retail sources in Korea. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) were detected in 11 (9.7%) samples, including nine strains (8.0%) in beef and two strains (1.8%) in chicken. The frequency of the detected virulence markers were as follows: astA, 28.3%; escV,18.6%; eaeA,17.7%; ent, 7.0%; EHEC-hly, 4.4%; stx1, 3.5%; and stx2, 3.5%. We did not observe any typical EPEC, EIEC, or ETEC virulence determinants in any of the samples. The STEC serotype O26 was detected in one sample, but no other serogroups (O91, O103, O128, O157, O145, O111, and O121) were found. Further research is needed to better understand the virulence mechanism of STEC serotypes, their ecology, and prevalence in animals, food, and the environment. These results will help improve risk assessment and predict the sources of food poisoning outbreaks.

Bioequivalence Evaluation of the Tiropramide hydrochloride (염산티로프라미드제제의 생물학적 동등성 평가)

  • 명승운;김동현;김명수;강태경;민혜기;장윤정;손동렬;홍영훈;신창식
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.262-268
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    • 2000
  • The bioequivalence of two tiropramide products was evaluated in 18 health male volunteers following oral administration. Test product was Tira $m^{R}$ tablet (Shin Poong SP-102) (Shin Poong Pharm. Co., Ltd.) and reference product was Tirop $a^{R}$ tablet (Dae Woong Pharm. Co., Ltd.) One capsule of the test and reference product containing 100 mg of tropramide.hydrochloride was administered to the volunteers by randomized two period cross-over study (2 $\times$ 2 Latin square method). The drug concentration in plasma was determined by GC/MS for over a period of 12hours after administration. Analysis of variance reveal that there are no differences in AUC (area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity), Cmax (maximum plasma concentration) and Tmax (time to reach Cmax). The differences of mean AUC, Cmax and Tmax between two products were 3.85, 1.47 and -3.6%, respectively. Minimum detectable differences (%) at $\alpha$=0.1 were all less than 20% given as a guideline (18.07, 17.00 and 20.69% for AUC, Cmax and Tmax, respectively). From these results, the two products are bioequivalent.ent.

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Time-Dependent Analysis of Prestress Concrete Bridge Considering Creep and Shrinkage (크리프 및 건조수축을 고려한 PSC 교량의 시간의존해석)

  • Park, Moon-Ho;Park, Soon-Eung;Kim, Jin-Kyu;Park, Jung-Hwal;Kim, Bok-Nam;Lee, Seung-Yup
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2010
  • This study is to give more accurate information by performing the time depend ent analysis to take into account the long-term losses of precast PSC concrete bridge and analyzing the second stress, final camber and cross section stress of precast PSC caused by creep and drying shrinkage. As time goes by, the stress and deformation in the cross section vary continuously by the influence of creep and drying shrinkage. Due to this, the stress redistribution occurs and the internal force variation also happens along the point on the same cross section and with the passage of time.

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Studies on Proteus Spp Isolated from Clinical Sources (임상검체에서 분리된 Proteus Spp에 관한 고찰)

  • Park, Seung-Hahm
    • The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 1973
  • Seven hundred and forty eight strains of proteus spp were isolated from clinical sources at National Medical Center during recent five years(1968 to 1972). 1. These strains identified as follows: P. mirabilis 357 strains(47.7%) P. vulgaris 140 strains(18.7%) P. morganii 134 strains(17.9%) P. rettgeri 63 strains(8.4%) P. inconstans 54 strains(7.2%) 2. About the incidence between both sexes, male is higher than female. 3. Total numbers of the age group from $20{\sim}29$ years, $30{\sim}39$ years, and $40{\sim}49$ years old respectively are higher than total numbers from other age groups. 4. Seasonal trend shows hot season e.g. August to September is more prevalent. 5. Correlation of strain source with clinical department shows the highest incidence of general surgery next to this, orthopedic surgery, chest surgery, internal medicine, neurosurgery, ENT and pediatrics etc. in descending order. 6. Correlation of strain source with clinical material shows the highest incidence of pus next to this urine, stool, sputum etc. in descending order. 7. The rate of susceptibility to several antibiotics is low in general except gentamicin(82.7%) and carbenicillin(72.9%). However, in case of gentamicin sensitive strains are 15(9.6%) and moderately sensitive strains are 114(73.1%).

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The Effects of Pulse Current on the Surface Appearance of Chromium Plating (크롬 전착층의 표면광택에 미치는 펄스도금의 영향)

  • 한성호;권식철;여운관
    • Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 1981
  • The surface appearance of chromium electrodeposit was studied by employing a pulse curr-ent plating in self-regulating high speed (SRHS) bath containing 20 g/$\ell$, K2SiF6 7.5 g/$\ell$ SrSO4 and 250 g/$\ell$ CrO3. As the pulse frequency increased, the surface appearance changed suddenly from bright a-ppearance in a direct current plating condition to gray one in the range of pulse frequency less than about 20KHz. However the bright appearance is recovered as the pulse frequen-cy exceeded 20 KHz. This phenomena seemed to be related with the preferred orientation of electrodeposits, considering the relationship between the preferred orientation of elect-rodeposits and surface appearance in a SRHS bath. Direct current plating was also applied to both Sargent and SRHS bath and investigat-ion on surface appearance was extended to the high current density of 400 A/dm2. In a Sa-rgent bath, the increase in bath temperature was necessary for bright appearance as the current density was increased within 150 A/dm2, but bright region was shown in the cons-tant temperature of 70-75$^{\circ}C$ above the current density of 150A/dm2. On the other hand, two regions of surface brightness was found in a SRHS bath. One is region in the low temperature less than 25$^{\circ}C$ and the other in the moderate temperature range from 55$^{\circ}C$ to 65$^{\circ}C$.

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Anticancer Activity and Chemical Composition of a Non-Polar Fraction from Asiasari Radix et Rhizoma (세신 비극성 분획의 항암 활성 및 성분 분석)

  • Cho, Seung-Sik;Kang, Bok Yun;Bae, Min-Suk;Shim, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Hyun Jung;Yoon, Goo
    • Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.264-269
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    • 2020
  • The study aimed to characterize chemical composition and anticancer property of the n-hexane fraction derived from Asiasari Radix et Rhizoma. The anticancer activity was evaluated on a panel of cancer cell lines including HN22, HSC2, HSC3, and HSC4 cells (human oral cancer), HCC827 and HCC827GR cells (human lung cancer), and KYSE30 and KYSE450 (human esophageal cancer) by MTS assay. As a result, The least polar subfraction from n-hexane-soluble layer displayed notable cytotoxicity on the tumor cell lines with IC50 ranging from 1.20 to 17.0 ㎍/ml. The chemical composition of constituents in the active subfraction was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The essential oils comprised of sesquiterpenes including β-gurjunene (7.45%), γ-amorphene (6.61%), guaia-6,9-diene (6.40%), δ-guaiene (5.21%) and a phenylpropanoid, safrole (0.49%) were mainly identified in addition to long-chain hydrocarbons including n-heptadecane (24.60%), 7-hexadecene (4.44%) and a diterpenoid, ent-kaur-16-ene (6.57%).