• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.141-145
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• 2008

본 연구는 남세균 고유의 프로모터를 포함하는 유전자간 염기서열에 기반하여 환경위해성 검출용 바이오센서를 개발하고자 시도되었다. 포도당 처리에 의해서 유도되는 8종의 유전자 (atpI, ndbA, ctaD1, tkt, pgi, pdh, ppc, 그리고 rydA)의 프로모터 부위를 리포터 유전자의 일종인 발광유전자 (luxAB) 벡터 pILA (Genbank: AJ251840)에 도입시켜 재조합 벡터를 제조한 후 Synechocystis sp. PCC6803을 형질전환시킨 결과, pILA 벡터만을 포함하고 있는 대조구에 비해서 포도당 처리에 의해서 생물발광량이 5-25배 정도 현저히 증가함을 확인하였다. 또한 $Hg^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$과 같은 중금속, $CN^-$, DCMU, DBMIB와 같은 제초제, 그리고 클로람페니콜이나 리팜피신과 같은 항생제에 의해서 생물발광이 현저히 억제되었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.207-210
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• 2008

In March of 2003, tumors (galls) were observed on ginseng seedling roots in ginseng seedbeds at Yeoju, Gyeonggi province, Korea. Symptoms were spherical or galls with about 0.5-1.0cm in diameter formed on the upper through middle parts of the primary roots. Bacterial isolates obtained from the root galls were Gram-negative, rod-shaped with peritrichous flagella, aerobic, not forming yellow or orange colonies on nutrient glucose agar, yeast extract-dextrose $CaCO_3$ agar and nutrient-broth yeast extract agar, non-fluorescent on King's B agar, and non-spore forming, which were identical to characteristics of the genus Agrobacterium. They were identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens with 0.732-0.993 similarities in 100% probability by the Biolog analyses. The 16S rRNA gene partial sequences of the six isolates tested (Genbank Accession EF486308-EF486313) were 100% homologous to those of other A. tumefaciens strains (GenBank accession AF501343, AY701900, AY701898, AY701899). The above results confirmed that this bacterium is A. tumefaciens. Pathogenicity of the bacteria was proved by the inoculation test on carrot root discs and tomato seedlings. This is the first description of A. tumefaciens causing root gall in ginseng seedling. The disease occurred locally and sparsely, but considering its appearances in seedbeds suggests that the ginseng root gall may become a threat to ginseng in Korea.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.203-206
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• 2002

${\gamma}-Tocopherol$ methyltransferase(TMT)는 토코페롤 생합성 대사의 마지막 단계인 감마 토코페롤을 알파 토코페롤로 변환하는데 관여하는 효소이다. 들깨의 미성숙 종자 cDNA유전자 은행에서 TMT로 추정되는 유전자를 분리하였으며 이 유전자는 1369개의 염기와 367개의 아미노산으로 구성되었으며 분자량은 약 42kDa의 추정된다. 이 cDNA는 Genbank와 상동성 분석결과 애기장대의 TMT유전자와 아미노산 수준에서 60% 정도의 상동성을 가지고 있으며 methyltransferase domain과 S-adenosyl methionine binding domain을 가지고 있으므로 TMT 유전자로 추정했다. 이 유전자의 특성을 알기 위하여 완전한 크기를 가지는 TMT유전자를 대장균에서 발현하고 invitro에서 효소의 활성을 측정하였다.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.100-110
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• 2006

A mutant of Potato vims Y (PVY) was occurred in PVY resistance flue-cured tobacco breeding line KF0402 $(TC1146{\times}KF117)$ showing vein necrosis at Suwon in Korea. This isolate, PVY-SWM, was differentiated from other PVY based on biological properties and nucleotide sequence analyses of coat protein gene. PVY-SWM caused typical symptoms on 21 indicator plants as compared to the PVY-TOJC37. Remarkably, the PVY-SWM induced distinctly different symptom of systemic vein necrosis on tobacco cultivars V.SCR, PBD6, TN86, TN90, Virgin A Mutant (VAM), Wislica, NC744, KB108 and KB111, which were reported to have the recessive potyvirus resistance gene va. In RT-PCR assays with specific primers for detection of PVY, a single band of about 800bp in length was produced. The amplified DNA was cloned and the nucleotide sequence was determined. The coat protein gene of PVY-SWM showed 88.4%-99.0% and 92.5%-98.5% identities to the 12 different PVY isolates of Genbank Database at the nucleotide and amino acidi respectively. Multiple alignments as well as cluster dendrograms of PVY-SWM isolate revealed close phylogenetic relationship to the $PVY^{NTN}$ subgroup.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2001

Using bioinformatic tools for searching the massive genome databases, it is possible to Identify new genes in few minutes for initial discoveries based on evolutionary conservation, domain homology, and tissue expression patterns, followed by further verification and characterization using the bench-top works. The development of high-density two-dimensional arrays has allowed the analysis of the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously in the humans, mice, rats, yeast, and bacteria to elucidate the genes and pathways involved in physiological processes. In addition, rapid and automated protein identification is being achieved by searching protein and nucleotide sequence databases directly with data generated from mass spectrometry. Recently, analysis at the bio-chemical level such as biochemical screening and metabolic profiling (Biochemical genomics) has been introduced as an additional approach for categorical assignment of gene function. To make advantage of recent achievements in computational approaches for facilitated gene discoveries in the avian model, chicken expression sequence tags (ESTs) have been reported and deposited in the international databases. By searching EST databases, a chicken heparanase gene was identified and functionally confirmed by subsequent experiments. Using combination of sub-tractive hybridization assay and Genbank database searches, a chicken heme -binding protein family (cSOUL/HBP) was isolated in the retina and pineal gland of domestic chicken and verified by Northern blot analysis. Microarrays have identified several host genes whose expression levels are elevated following infection of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) with Marek's disease virus (MDV). The ongoing process of chicken genome projects and new discoveries and breakthroughs in genomics and proteomics will no doubt reveal new and exciting information and advances in the avian research.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.90-93
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• 1998

국내 남해안의 적조발생지역에서 채집한 Prorocentrum minimum, P. micans, P. triestinum, P. balticum, Gymnodinium sanguineum, Alexandrium catenella, Scrippsiella trochoidea, Heterosigma akashiwo를 순수배양하고 이로부터 PCR을 이용해 약 700 bp에 해당되는 24S rRNA 유전자의 D1과 D2 변이부위를 증폭하고 클로닝한 후 염기서열을 분석하였다. 분석된 염기서열들을 이미 밝혀진 적조원인종들의 것과 ClustalW 프로그램을 사용하여 배열하고 계통수를 구성한 결과 Prorocentrum과 Alexandrium 속의 것들은 형태적인 분류결과와 종수준까지 거의 일치함을 보여주었다. 이러한 연구결과는 그 24S rRNA 유전자의 염기서열분석이 국내에서 발생하는 적조원인종들에 대한 종 수준에서의 신속한 확인에 이용될 수 있음을 제시한다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.428-436
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• 2014

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)법은 등온에서 DNA 주형을 변성시키지 않고 실시하기 때문에, autocycling 가닥 변위 DNA 합성에 의존한다. 그래서 고가의 PCR 장비를 필요로 하지 않고 등온 유지가 가능한 저가의 장비인 항온 수조, 오븐, 온장고 등에서 증폭이 가능하다. 본 연구진은 Streptococcus parauberis의 random primer중에서 5개를 선정하여, 신장도가 높은 2개의 primer를 이용하여 최적 반응온도 및 최적 반응시간, 최적 반응 조건들을 확립하였다. 그리고 기존의 PCR과 LAMP의 민감도의 비교 분석을 측정한 결과, LAMP의 높은 검출 한계를 확인할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서는 non-target DNA의 영향을 받지 않고 등온 조건 하에서 DNA를 증폭시킬 수 있는 LAMP법과 SYBR-green I를 이용하여 시각화시켰으며, 기존의 PCR과 비교 분석함으로써, S. parauberis에 대한 신속하고 정확한 진단법을 확립하였다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2014

A eight-month-old blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) with psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD)-suspected signs, such as, abnormal feather, depression and diarrhea, was presented to Animal Disease Intervention Center, Kyungpook National University in 16 April 2014. The partial ORF V1 gene of PBFD virus (PBFDV) was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from DNA templates extracted from feather, blood and cloacal swab sample of the bird, but no other viral DNAs that often infected in psittacine birds including avian bornavirus and avian polyomavirus were detected from the samples of the bird, indicating this case is due to single infection of PBFDV. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the amplified partial ORF V1 gene was confirmed to have 96.7% and 93.6% homology with that of previously reported PBFDV strain (Genbank no. HM748924 and FJ685980). This report describes the first detection of PBFDV in PBFD-suspected blue and yellow macaw in Korea.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 국내 어류 연쇄구균증 병원체 동정에 있어서 Streptococcus iniae에 대한 구체적인 국내 연구 보고가 없어, 기존에 수행되고 있는 동정방법을 근간으로 16S-23S intergenic spacer region (ISR)의 염기서열을 분석하여 보다 명확한 동정을 실시하고자 하였다. API 20 strep system에 의한 생화학적 성상을 분석해본 결과 정확한 종 동정은 이루어지지 않았지만 기존의 연구에서 보고된 API 20 strep system에 의한 S. iniae의 생화학적 성상과 높은 유사성을 보이는 10균주를 분리할 수 있었다. S. iniae 16S rRNA gene 서열 유래 종 특이적 primer Sin-1 5'-CTAGAGTACACATGTACT(AGCT)AAG-3'와 Sin-2 5'-GGATTTTC CACTCCCATTAC-3'에 의한 PCR-assay 결과 시험균주 10 균주 모두 동일하게 약 300bp의 증폭산물이 관찰되었고, 비 특이적인 반응은 관찰되지 않았다. 시험균주 모두 3개의 16S-23S ISR operon 구조가 관찰되었으나 S. iniae 표준균주 (KCTC 3657)의 경우 단일 구조가 관찰되었다. 16S-23S intergenic spacer region (ISR)의 염기서열을 분석해본 결과 기존에 보고된 S. iniae (Genbank accession number AF 048773)와 96%의 상동성을 보였으며 전체서열에서 상동성을 보이는 근연종이나 근연속은 검색되지 않아 최종적으로 S. iniae로 동정하였다.

• Journal of Species Research
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.232-239
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• 2012

Taxonomy of umbelliferous taxa Heracleum moellendorffii complex has been unclear in their species delimitation in the far-eastern Asian regions. In both Korea and China Heracleum moellendorffii was adopted for their description while H. sphondylium was chosen to describe Japanese Heracleum. From Genbank accessions, taxa collected from Kamtchatka and Promorskiy, Russia were defined as H. maximum, endemic taxon to North America. In this study, we reviewed the taxonomy of Heracleum moellendorffii complex in Korea and neighboring countries on the basis of molecular phylogenies derived from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions. From three Korean accessions of Heracleum investigated in this study, two types of ITS sequences were obtained; two accessions were related to Chinese H. moellendorffii var. moellendorffii and North American H. maximum without forming a clade while the other one was identical to accession from H. maximum from Primorskiy, Russia. In the other hand, Japanese H. moellendorffii (=H. sphondylium ssp. sphondylium var. nipponicum in the flora of Japan) was closely related to H. maximum accessions from Korea and Russia, not nested within the clade comprising several subspecies of H. sphondylium. In order to delimit species boundaries among putatively closely related Heracleum species in fareastern Asian countries, more samples and much more rapidly evolved DNA regions must be investigated with interpretation of morphological and anatomical features.