• Laboratory Medicine Online
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2017

배경: 저자들은 FLT3-ITD (fms-like tyrosine kinase-internal tandem duplication) 돌연변이의 정량 및 반복 염기 길이를 동시에 측정하는 정량 절편 분석법(fragment analysis)의 민감도를 평가하고, 분석적 성능을 검증하였다. 방법: FLT3-ITD 돌연변이의 정량과 수는 절편분석법으로 측정하였다. 변이 대립유전자와 정상 대립유전자를 혼합한 계대희석 표준물질로 절편 분석법, 일반 PCR법, 염기서열분석법의 FLT3-ITD 변이 검출한계를 측정하였다. 정상 공여자 50검체를 이용하여 특이도를 평가하였다. 급성골수성백혈병 환자의 481검체에 대하여 절편 분석법과 일반 PCR법으로 검사를 시행하고 그 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 결과: 절편 분석법의 돌연변이 최소 검출 농도는 5%였으며, 일반 PCR 검사법과 직접염기서열분석법은 각각 10%, 20%의 결과를 보였다. 급성골수성백혈병 환자의 481 검체를 분석한 결과, FLT3-ITD는 40.1% (193/481)에서 양성이었다. 변이 대립유전자의 정량값은 1.7-94.1% (중앙값 28.2%)로 다양하였으며, 반복 염기의 길이의 범위는 14bp-153 bp (중앙값 49bp)였다. 일반 PCR 검사법과 비교한 결과 방법간 일치도는 97.7% (470/481)였다. 절편 분석법이 일반 PCR 검사법에 비해 더 높은 민감도를 보였고, 11건의 돌연변이가 더 검출되었다. 이 중 7검체는 변이 대립유전자의 양이 10% 미만으로 일반 PCR 검사에서 검출되지 않았다(3.3-9.5%). 또 다른 불일치 세 검체에서는 PCR inhibitor의 영향으로 일반 PCR 방법에서 위음성 결과를 보였으며, 다른 한 검체는 돌연변이 중복 길이가 14 bp로 매우 짧아 일반 PCR에서 정상 밴드와 구별되지 않는 경우였다. 결론: 본 연구에서 저자들이 사용한 절편 분석법은 FLT3-ITD 돌연변이의 정량값과 중복된 길이를 동시에 측정할 수 있는 검사법으로, 민감하고 정확하여 급성골수성백혈병 환자에서 FLT3-ITD의 진단 및 추적 검사에 유용할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.136-141
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• 1995

From a cluster of structural rRNA genes which has previsouly been cloned (Hwang and Kim, in submission; J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.), a 1.0-kb Eco RI fragment of DNA which shows significant homology to the 25S and rRNA s of Tricholoma matsutake was used for sequence analysis. Nucleotide sequence was bidirectionally determined using delection series of the DNA fragment. Comparing the resultant 1016-base sequence with sequences in the database, both the 3'end of 25S-rRNA gene and 5S rRNA gene were searched. The 5S rRNA gene is 118-bp in length and is located 158-bp downstream of 3'end of the 25S rRNA gene. IGSI and IGS2 (partial) sequences are also contained in the fragment. Multiple alignment of the 5S rRNA sequences was carried out with 5S rRNA sequences from some members of the subdivision Basidiomycotina obtained from the database. Polygenetic analysis with distance matrix established by Kimura's 2-parameter method and phylogenetic tree by UPGMA method proposed that T. matsutake is closely related to efibulobasidium allbescens. Secondary structure of 5S rRNA was also hypothesized to show similar topology with its generally accepted eukaryotic counterpart.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2001

The structural stability of brain pyrydoxine-5'-phosphate (PNP) oxidase and the catalytic properties of the monomeric species were investigated. The unfolding of brain pyridoxine-5'-phosphate (PNP) oxidase by guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) was monitored by means of fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy Reversible dissociation of the dimeric enzyme into subunits was attained by the addition of 2 M GuHCl. The perturbation of the secondary structure under the denaturation condition resulted in the release of the cofactor FMN. Separation of the processes of refolding and reassociation of the monomeric species was achieved by the immobilization method. Dimeric PNP oxidase was immobilized by the covalent attachment to Affi-gel 15 without any significant lass of its catalytic activity. Matrix-bound monomeric species were obtained from the reversible refolding processes. The matrix bound-monomer was found to be catalytically active, possessing only a slightly decreased specific activity when compared to the refolded dimeric enzyme. In addition, limited chymotrypsin digestion of the oxidase yields two fragments of 12 and 161 kDa with a concomitant increase of catalytic activity The catalytically active fragment was isolated by ion exchange chromatography and analyzed for association of two subunits using the FPLC gel filtration analysis. The retention time indicated that the catalytic fragment of 16 kDa behaves as a compact monomer. Taken together, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that the native quaternary structure of PNP oxidase is not a prerequisite for catalytic function, but it could play a role in the regulation.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2002

Listeria monocytogenes poses an increasing health risk, which in part is due to increasing health risk, consumption of ready-to-eat food products and the introduction of increasing numbers of food products from regions with different dietary habits. L. monocytogenes can be present in meat, shellfish, vegetables, unpasteurised milk and soft cheese and poses a risk if food containing these products is stored at refrigeration temperature and is not properly heated before consumption, as L. monocytogenes is psychrophilic. Amplified-fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis is the method of genotypic techinique in which adaptor oligonucleotides are ligated to restriction enzyme fragments and then used as target sites for primers in a PCR amplification. The amplified fragments are electrophoretically separated to give strain-specific band profiles. Single-enzyme approach that did not require costly equipment or reagents for the fingerprinting of strains of Listeria monocytogenes was developed. Single-enzyme amplified fragment length polymorphism (SE-AFLP) analysis was used to perform species and strain identification of Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia and E. coli. By careful selection of AFLP primers, it was possible to obtain reproducible and sensitive identification to strain level. The AFLP patterns of L. monocytogenes are divided by the kinds of specimens in which were isolated. SE-AFLP fragments can be analyzed using standard gel electrophoresis, and can be easily scored by visual inspection, due to the low complexity of the fingerprint obtained by this method. These features make SE-AFLP suitable for use in either field or laboratory applications.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2345-2358
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• 2022

This paper presents a method to generate stained-glass animation from video inputs. The method initially segments an input video volume into several regions considered as fragments of glass by mean-shift segmentation. However, the segmentation predominantly results in over-segmentation, causing several tiny segments in a highly textured area. In practice, assembling significantly tiny or large glass fragments is avoided to ensure architectural stability in stained glass manufacturing. Therefore, we use low-frequency components in the segmentation to prevent over-segmentation and subdivide segmented regions that are oversized. The subdividing must be coherent between adjacent frames to prevent temporal artefacts, such as flickering and the shower door effect. To temporally subdivide regions coherently, we obtain a panoramic image from the segmented regions in input frames, subdivide it using a weighted Voronoi diagram, and thereafter project the subdivided regions onto the input frames. To render stained glass fragment for each coherent region, we determine the optimal match glass fragment for the region from a dataset consisting of real stained-glass fragment images and transfer its color and texture to the region. Finally, applying lead came at the boundary of the regions in each frame yields temporally coherent stained-glass animation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.502-509
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• 2005

Sexual reproduction plays an important role in the biology and epidemiology of oomycete plant pathogens such as the heterothallic species Phytophthora infestans. Recent worldwide dispersal of A2 mating type strains of P. infestans resulted in increased virulence, gene transfer, and genetic variation, creating new challenges for disease management. To develop a genetic assay for mating type identification in P. infestans, we used the Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) technique. The primer combination E+AT/M+CTA detected a fragment specific to A1 mating type (Mat-A1) of P. infestans. This fragment was cloned and sequenced, and a pair of primers (INF-1, INF-2) were designed and used to differentiate P. infestans Mat-A1 from Mat-A2 strains. The Mat A1-specific fragment was detected using Southern blot analysis of PCR products amplified with primers INF-1 and INF-2 from genomic DNA of 14 P. infestans Mat-A1 strains, but not 13 P. infestans Mat-A2 strains or 8 other isolates representing several Phytophthora spp. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNAs of P. infestans isolates revealed a 1.6 kb restriction enzyme (EcoRI, BamHI, AvaI)-fragment only in Mat-A1 strains. The A1 mating type-specific primers amplified a unique band under stringent annealing temperatures of $63^{\circ}C-64^{\circ}C$, suggesting that this PCR assay could be developed into a useful method for mating type determination of P. infestans in field material.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 1985

경계조건과 토층구성이 복잡한 confined flow system에서의 전수두 결정 방법을 random walk 이론을 응용하여 연구하였다. 토성의 불균질성 및 이방성, 그리고 널말뚝의 존재와 경사진 불투수층 조건 등을 고려하였다. 특정한 점의 전수두를 구하기 위하여 몬테카를로 방법으로 random walk를 진행시켰다. 전수두 결정 과정을 프로그램화 하고 계산결과를 조건이 간단한 경우에 대하여 종래의 방법들-즉 유선강, 유한차분법, fragment method-과 비교 검토하였다. 이러한 연구의 결과 이 방법이 특정한 수개의 점에서의 전수두 결정에 유용함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국국방경영분석학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.97-107
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• 1977

This report examines several models, such as random or area bombardment, salvo fire and pattern fire, for the computation of target coverage when multiple rounds are fired at a target. Fractional kill of a fragment sensitive target by a fragmenting projectile as a function of the number of rounds fired is compared for two salvo fire models. The first is a standard salvo fire model in which N rounds are fired at the same aim point, in the second model single kill probability is computed for a fragment sensitive target and then fractional kill from the firing of N rounds is computed according to the assumption that the effects of each round are independent. Because the method of solution becomes very laborious for large patterns, this report gives a method only for the case of evaluating the effectiveness of stick and trianglar pattern fire. The need for the sophisticated and complicated target coverage models is demonstrated by the results of computations performed in this report.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.674-680
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• 2013

Yeast Dekkera/Brettanomyces bruxellensis is probably the most common contaminant in wineries and ethanol production processes. The considerable economic losses caused by this yeast, but also its ability to produce and tolerate high ethanol concentrations, make it an attractive subject for research with potential for industrial applications. Unfortunately, efforts to understand the biology of D. bruxellensis and facilitate its broader use in industry are hampered by the lack of adequate procedures for delivery of exogenous DNA into this organism. Here we describe the development of transformation protocols (spheroplast transformation, LiAc/PEG method, and electroporation) and report the first genetic transformation of yeast D. bruxellensis. A linear heterologous DNA fragment carrying the kanMX4 sequence was used for transformation, which allowed transformants to be selected on plates containing geneticin. We found the spheroplast transformation method using 1M sorbitol as osmotic stabilizer to be inappropriate because sorbitol strikingly decreases the plating efficiency of both D. bruxellensis spheroplast and intact cells. However, we managed to modify the LiAc/PEG transformation method and electroporation to accommodate D. bruxellensis transformation, achieving efficiencies of 0.6-16 and 10-20 transformants/${\mu}g$ DNA, respectively. The stability of the transformants ranged from 93.6% to 100%. All putative transformants were analyzed by Southern blot using the kanMX4 sequence as a hybridization probe, which confirmed that the transforming DNA fragment had integrated into the genome. The results of the molecular analysis were consistent with the expected illegitimate integration of a heterologous transforming fragment.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1241-1247
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• 2009

A large number of branded chicken products exist in Japan, and in some cases, the breed of chicken is an important factor used to attract consumer interest in the retail product. In order to establish a simple method for verifying such breed claims we applied the amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique to nine chicken breeds (White Cornish, Red Cornish, White Plymouth Rock, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Red, Barred Plymouth Rock, Hinaidori, Tosajidori, Tsushimajidori) to search for molecular markers able to discriminate chicken breeds. Three breed-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were identified, one for each of Hinaidori, Tosajidori, or New Hampshire. A total of 219 individuals from the nine breeds were analyzed using a specific PCR test for each of these SNP. The PCR tests made it possible to discriminate between the breeds of chickens to identify products from these three breeds. This PCR method provides an efficient method for the routine analysis and verification of certified chicken products.