• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.688-696
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• 2009

In this study, a new class of polyurethane (PU) nanofibers containing silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) was synthesized by electrospinning. A simple method that did not depending on additional foreign chemicals was used to self synthesize the silver NPs in/on PU nanofibers. The synthesis of silver NPs was carried out by exploiting the reduction ability of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), which is used mainly to decompose silver nitrate to silver NPs. Typically, a sol-gel consisting of $AgNO_3$/PU was electrospun and aged for one week. Silver NPs were created in/on PU nanofibers. SEM confirmed the well oriented nanofibers and good dispersion of pure silver NPs. TEM indicated that the Ag NPs were 5 to 20 nm in diameter. XRD demonstrated the good crystalline features of silver metal. The mechanical properties of the nanofiber mats showed improvement with increasing silver NPs content. The fixedness of the silver NPs obtained on PU nanofibers was examined by harsh successive washing of the as-prepared mats using a large amount of water. The results confirmed the good stability of the synthesized nanofiber mats. Two model organisms, E. coli and S. typhimurium, were used to check the antimicrobial influence of these nanofiber mats. Subsequently, antimicrobial tests indicated that the prepared nanofibers have a high bactericidal effect. Accordingly, these results highlight the potential use of these nanofiber mats as antimicrobial agents.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2015

SPG 막유화법에 의해 NIPAAm, MBA 및 APS를 용해시킨 수용액을 톨루엔과 미네랄오일의 혼합용액인 연속상에 HMP, Span80과 함께 유화(W/O emulsion)시킨 후, UV광중합법에 의해 PNIPAAm 하이드로젤 입자를 제조하였다. 연속상 내 미네랄 오일의 비율이 증가할수록, PNIPAAm 하이드로젤의 입도와 입자 내 PNIPAAm의 밀도가 증가하였으며, 이에 따라서 VPTT 근처에서 온도 변화에 따른 하이드로젤의 팽윤도($V/V_o$)도 크게 변화하였다. UV 광중합 시 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 속이 꽉찬 형태의 하이드로젤이 제조되었으나 LCST보다 높은 $40^{\circ}C$의 온도에서는 공동입자에서와 같이 하이드로젤의 외벽이 두껍게 형성되었다. 가교제인 MBA의 함량이 증가함에 따라서 가교도 및 입자 내 PNIPAAm의 밀도도 함께 증가하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2012

Galectins are generally believed to be potential candidates for use in the development of novel antiinflammatory agents or as selective modulators of the immune response. In particular, galectin-9 exhibits some of the extracellular functions, including cell aggregation, adhesion, chemoattraction, activation, and apoptosis. Tl-galectin (Tl-gal, galectin-9 homologue gene) was isolated from an adult worm of the Toxascaris leonina. The full-length Tl-gal gene, which was incorporated into pET-28a, was overexpressed in E. coli and purified by nickel affinity and gel filtration chromatographies. The purified Tl-gal was crystallized using the hangingdrop vapor-diffusion method. The crystal belonged to the tetragonal space group $P4_1$, with unit-cell parameters of a = b = $75.7\AA$ and c = $248.4\AA$. The crystals were obtained at $20^{\circ}C$ and diffracted to a resolution of $3.0\AA$. The asymmetric unit contained four molecules of Tl-gal, which gave a crystal volume per protein mass (Vm) of $2.8\AA^3Da^{-1}$ and a solvent content of 54.1%.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.91-95
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• 1992

저온처리($4^{\circ}C$)하에서 보리(Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Chalssal) 유식물 잎의 당함량과 sucrosephosphate synthase, sucrose synthease, invertase의 활성의 변화를 측정하고, 또한 acid invertase의 성질을 조사하였다. 저온처리 3일만에 보리유식물의 환원당과 설탕의 함량은 1.3배 및 2.4배로 각각 증가하였다. 그리고 sucrosephosphate synthase, sucrose synthase 및 alkaline invertase의 활성에는 별다른 변화가 없었으나 acid invertase의 활성은 크게 저하하였다. Ammonium sulfate 분획과 DEAE-Sephacel 컬럼으로 부분정제한 acid invertase에서, 설탕에 대한 Km은 9.5mM이고 최적 pH는 5.5, 최적온도는 $35^{\circ}C$로 측정되었다. 여러 가지 기질에 대한 특이성을 조사한 결과 본 효소는 ${\beta}-fructosidase로$ 추정할 수 있었으며, 효소의 분자량은 Sephadex G-200 컬럼 크로마토그래피로 산출하였을 때 63 Kd이었다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2011

The wild edible mushroom, Lentinus lepideus has recently been cultivated for commercial use in Korea. While the mushroom has been widely used for nutritional and medicinal purposes, the possible anti-hyperlipidemic action is unclear. The effects of dietary L. lepideus on plasma and feces biochemical and on the liver histological status were investigated in hypercholesterolemic rats. Six-wk-old female Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three groups of 10 rats each. Biochemical and histological examinations were performed. A diet containing 5% L. lepideus fruiting bodies reduced plasma total cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein, total lipid, phospholipids, and the ratio of low-density to high-density lipoprotein. Body weight was reduced. The diet did not adversely affect plasma biochemical and enzyme profiles. L. lepideus reduced significantly plasma ${\beta}$- and pre-${\beta}$-lipoprotein, while ${\alpha}$-lipoprotein content was increased. A histological study of hepatic cells by conventional hematoxylin-eosin and oil red O staining revealed normal findings for mushroom-fed hypercholesterolemic rats. The present study suggests that a diet supplemented with L. lepideus can provide health benefits by acting on the atherogenic lipid profile in hypercholesterolemic rats.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.573-579
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• 2014

탄소나노튜브(CNT), 불소계 아크릴레이트 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate(3FMA) 및 유-무기 조성비와 같은 합성조건을 달리하여 제조된 자외선 경화형 유-무기 하이브리드 코팅 막의 표면특성 및 내오존성에 대해 연구하였다. 코팅 막은 금속 알콕사이드 전구체인 tetraethoxysilane(TEOS)와 실란 커플링제인 methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS)로 구성된 유-무기 혼성 용액에 탄소나노튜브 및 3FMA와 자외선 경화를 위한 유기물을 첨가하여 제조된 코팅제를 자외선 경화시켜 제조하였다. 제조된 코팅 막의 내오존성 및 기재와의 접착력은 TEOS, 3FMA 및 CNT의 함량에 크게 영향을 받는다는 것을 확인하였다. 특히, 탄소나노튜브가 첨가된 코팅 막은 우수한 내오존성 및 접착력 뿐만 아니라 높은 표면경도를 나타내었다. TEOS의 경우, 함량이 증가할수록 표면경도 및 내오존성은 향상되었지만, 기재와의 접착력은 감소되었다. 불소아크릴레이트 3FMA의 경우, 함량이 증가할수록 내오존성은 향상되었지만 표면경도는 감소하였다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.259-264
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• 1991

The proteins of the race horse erythrocyte membrane were analysed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS-PAGE), and their relations to the fast erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) of the race horse were investigated. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate of race horse were very fast compared with the human one(33 times <$90^{\circ}-plastic-ESR/30m$> and 25 times <$90^{\circ}-micro-ESR/30m$> as fast as the human one) are reported previously. Although the general protein profiles of the race horse erythrocyte membranes were almost similar to that of human, band 3 content was showing higher in race horse (34.7%) than in human (25.3%). The glycoprotein profiles of the race horse erythrocyte membranes revealed by periodic acid Schiff's(PAS) stain showed a marked difference from that of human. The PAS-1(glycophorin) and PAS-2(sialoglycoprotein) present in human erythrocyte memo brane were almost absent from the Holstein and race horse erythrocyte membranes, but PAS-2 was more in only race horse from that of human. Instead, the bovine erythrocyte membranes showed a strong PAS-B near the origin of the electrophorograms and the race horse erythrocyte membranes showed a strong PAS-negative band near the end of the electrophorograms, which is named as PAS-E in this study. These results suggest that the fast sedimentation rate of race horse erythrocyte is due in part to the presence of more band 3 protein fraction and PAS-E glycoproteins in the race horse erythrocytes.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2005

A cDNA encoding ${\gamma}-tocopherol$ methyltransferase (${\gamma}-TMT$) from Arabidopsis thaliana was overexpressed in lettuce (Latuca sativa L.) to improve the tocopherol composition. Seven lines of lettuce ($T_0$) containing the ${\gamma}-TMT$ transgene were produced by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The inheritance and expression of the transgene were confirmed by DNA and RNA gel blot analyses as well as quantification of tocopherols and ${\gamma}-TMT$ activities. The ratio of ${\alpha}-/{\gamma}-tocopherol$ content (TR) varied from 0.6 to 1.2 in non-transformed plants, while the $T_0$ plants had ratios of 0.8 to 320. The ratio ranged from 0.4 to 544 in 41 $T_1$ progenies of the $T_0$ transgenic line gTM3, and the phenotypic segregation indicated monogenic inheritance of the transgene (i.e., 3:1 = dominant:wild-type classes). There was a tight relationship between the TR phenotype and ${\gamma}-TMT$ activity, and enzyme activities were affected by the copy number and transcript levels of the transgene. The TR phenotype was stably expressed in $T_2$ progenies of $T_1$ plants. The results from this study indicated that a stable inheritance and expression of Arabidopsis ${\gamma}-TMT$ transgene in lettuce results in a higher enzyme activity and the conversion of the ${\gamma}-tocopherol$ pool to ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ in transgenic lettuce.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.429-435
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• 2009

전분을 보호 콜로이드이자 공중합체로 사용하면서 아크릴 단량체인 뷰틸 아크릴레이트, 2-에틸 헥실 아크릴레이트, 아크릴 산을 사용하여 무유화 중합에 의해 점착제를 합성하였다. 전분의 함량이 증가할수록 점착제의 겔 함량은 증가하였고, 결과로서 전분 함량의 증가는 점착력과 유지력의 증가를 가져왔으며, 초기점착력은 감소하는 결과를 보였다. 접촉각 측정에서 점착제의 젖음성은 전분의 하이드록시 그룹에 의한 극성의 증가로 전분 함량이 증가함 따라 상승하였다. 생분해성을 간접적으로 측정하는 에멀젼의 시간에 따른 pH 측정에서 전분의 분해에 의한 유기산의 생성에 의해 전분 함량의 증가에 비례하여 pH가 감소하였다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 1992

묵의 재료인 동부 전분과 그로부터 분리한 아밀로오스와 아밀로펙틴의 이화학적 생장 및 전분의 호화 특성을 조사하였다. 동부 전분은 타원형의 업자 형태를 이루고 있고, 크기는 $5-25{\mu}m$였으며, X-선 회절도에 의한 결정형은 A형에 가까운 C형이었다. Blue value는 0.39였고, 아밀로오스 함량은 20.7%였다. 동부 전분으로부터 분리한 아밀로오스와 아밀로펙틴의 blue value는 각각 1.55와 0.89였으며, ${\beta}-amylolysis$ limit은 각각 79.1과 71.9%로 나타났다. Brabender amylograph에 의한 호화 개시용도는 $75^{\circ}C$고 나타났다. 또한 8% 전분액은 6% 전분액보다 최고 점도, hot paste viscosity, 및 냉각 점도가 2배 이상으로 높았고, breakdown은 비슷한 값을 보였으며, 냉각과정에서의 consistency와 setback 은 5배 이상으로 높았다.