• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.228-235
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• 1999

Genetic diversity of ninety-five Korean isolates of Phytophthora was investigated on the basis of PCR-RFLP of ribosomal DNA. The isolates were previously identified as following fifteen species by mycological and cultural characteristics; P. boehmeriae, P. cactorum, P. cambivora, P. capsici, P. cinnamoni, P. citricola, P. citrophthora, P. cryptogea, P. drechsleri, P. erythroseptica, P. infestans, P. megasperma, P. nicotianae, P. palmivora and P. sojae. The regions of small subunit (SSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of rDNA were amplified with primer pair, NS1 and ITS4, by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and digested with nine restriction enzymes. P. boehmeriae, P. cactorum, P. cambivora, P. capsici, P. cinnamomi, P. citricola, P. citrphthora, P. infestans, P. nicotianae and P. palmivora showed specific band patterns for each species. However, P. sojae and P. erythroseptica presented identical band patterns and P. cryptogea, P. drechsleri and P. megasperma were divided into six groups, which were not compatible with delineation of the species. A group originated from cucurbits showed distinct band patterns from other groups, but the other five groups were closely related within 96.0% similarity, forming one complex group. Consequently, Korean isolates of Phytophthora were divided into thirteen genetic groups and each group was readily differentiated by comparing digestion patterns of AvaII, HaeIII, MboI, HhaI and MspI. Therefore, PCR-RFLP of rDNA using the five enzymes can be used to differentiate or identify the Phytophthora species reported in Korea so far.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2002

Obesity is a complex metabolic disorder with a strong genetic component. There are many candidate genes for obesity and its related phenotypes. We studied genetic variations between Korean obese and lean groups. Polymorphisms investigated were the Msp I polymorphism of the $\alpha$$_{2A}$-adrenergic receptor ($\alpha$$_{2A}$-AR) gene, the Mnl I polymorphism of the $\alpha$$_2$-adrenergic receptor ($\alpha$$_2$-AR) gene, the BstO I polymorphism of the $\beta$$_3$-adrenergic receptor ($\beta$$_3$-AR) gene, the Pml I polymorphism of the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene, the Hga I polymorphism of the clearance receptor (NPRC) gene, the Msp I polymorphism of the leptin gene, BclI polymorphism of the uncoupling protein 1 (UCPI) gene and the Hha I polymorphism of the fatty acid binding protein 2 (FABP2) gene. Among these genetic markers, Pml I polymorphism at the LMNA gene and Bcl I polymorphism at the UCP1 gene were significantly associated with obesity. However, further studies are required whether thease findings are reproduced in large population, although two polymorphisms might be useful as genetic markers in the ethiology of obesity in Korean population.ion.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.1391-1394
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• 2002

The polymorphism of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in 13 pig breeds (total n=559) was detected by PCR-Hha I- RFLP, and allele A (151 bp and 28 bp) or allele B (116 bp, 35 bp and 28 bp) were observed. In these pig breeds, it was found that European pig breeds carried high frequencies of allele B, while Chinese native pig breeds carried high frequencies of allele A. Meanwhile the role of porcine IGF-I was investigated in 117 Nanchang White pigs and 360 Large Yorkshire pigs. Eight traits about growth and carcass were recorded for analyzing the associations between IGF-I gene polymorphism and performance quantitative traits. In the Nanchang White pigs, those with AA genotype generally had higher birth weight than those with AB genotype (p<0.05), but all these genotypes had no significant effect on the other traits which had been analyzed. In Large Yorkshire pigs, those with BB genotype had higher 2 months and 6 months body weight than those with AA genotype (p<0.05), and had a thicker hind-back-fat thickness and mid-back-thickness than those with AB and BB genotypes (p<0.05). And those with BB genotype were the thinnest in Large Yorkshire. Furthermore, pigs with AA genotype had a lower lean percentage than those with AB and BB genotypes (p<0.01), and the lean percentage of those with BB genotype was the highest. Based on these results, it is possible to make the IGF-I gene locus into the application of marker-assisted selection programmes.

• Mycobiology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.19-22
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• 2003

The primary objective of the current research was to detect genetic variations within the Indonesian isolates of Cochliobolus heterostrophus collected from ecologically different places of the country at molecular level using PCR-RFLP analyses. The primer pair of NS3 and NS6 produced amplification fragment in all of the isolates tested. A single fragment of estimated 907 bp was observed in the PCR product pattern. RFLP analysis of the PCR product employing three restriction enzymes, HaeIII, HhaI, and RsaI, respectively, did not reveal intraspecific variations within the fungus. Similarly, nucleotide sequences of portion of small subunit of the ribosomal DNA gene of two of the isolates collected showed no appreciable differences, indicating the absence of genetic diversities among the isolates tested. A phylogenetic tree was constructed and the Indonesian C. heterostrophus, represented by SM-1 isolate, was found to be phylogenetically located near C. sativus, a closely related species.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1170-1177
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• 2005

Terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis was used to monitor inoculated oil-degrading microorganisms during bioremedial treatability tests. A pair of universal primers, fluorescently labeled 521F and 1392R, was employed to amplify small subunit rDNA in order to simultaneously detect two bacterial strains, Corynebacterium sp. IC10 and Sphingomonas sp. KH3-2, and a yeast strain, Yarrowia lipolytica 180. Digestion of the 5'-end fluorescence/labeled PCR products with HhaI produced specific terminal-restriction fragments (T-RFs) of 185 and 442 bases, corresponding to Corynebacterium sp. IC10 and Y. lipolytica 180, respectively. The enzyme NruI produced a specific T-RF of 338 bases for Sphingomonas sp. KH3-2. The detection limit for oildegrading microorganisms that were inoculated into natural environments was determined to be $0.01\%$ of the total microbial count, regardless of the background environment. When three oil-degrading microorganisms were released into oil-contaminated sand microenvironments, strains IC10 and 180 survived for 35 days after inoculation, whereas strain KH3-2 was detected at 8 days, but not at 35 days. This result implies that T-RFLP could be a useful tool for monitoring the survival and relative abundance of specific microbial strains inoculated into contaminated environments.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1545-1550
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• 2015

c-MYC (v-myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homologue) is a transcription factor that plays important role in many biological process including cell growth and differentiation, such as myogenesis and adipogenesis. In this study, we aimed to detect MYC gene polymorphisms, their genotype frequencies and to determine associations between these polymorphisms and meat quality traits in Berkshire pigs. We identified a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in intron 2 of MYC gene by Sanger sequencing, i.e., g.3350G>C (rs321898326), that is only found in Berkshire pigs, but not in other breeds including Duroc, Landrace, and Yorkshire pigs that were used in this study. Genotypes of total 378 Berkshire pigs (138 sows and 240 boars) were determined using Hha I restriction enzyme digestion after polymerase chain reaction. Observed allele frequencies of GG, GC, and CC genotypes were 0.399, 0.508, and 0.093 respectively. Statistical analysis indicated that the g.3350G>C polymorphism was significantly associated with $pH_{45min}$ and cooking loss (p<0.05), suggesting that g.3350G>C SNP can be used for pre-selection of $pH_{45min}$ and cooking loss traits in Berkshire pigs.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.201-213
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• 2002

The closely related species Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Hemophilus aphrophilus and Hemophilus paraphrophilus are common findings in oral microbiota. The aims of this study were to compare the distribution of three species in healthy subjects and periodontitis patients using PCR for 16s rRNA gene. The DNA was extracted from the subgingival plaque and saliva in 122 subjects for restriction enzyme analysis with Hinf I and Hha I. In case of periodontally healthy person, A. actinomycetemcomitans was predominant than H. paraphrophilus in saliva sample, but H. paraphrophilus was predominant than A. actinomycetemcomitans in subgingival plaque sample. On the contrary, in case of periodontitis patients, H. paraphrophilus was predominant than A. actinomycetemcomitans in saliva sample, but A. actinomycetemcomitans was predominant than H. paraphrophilus in subgingival plaque sample. In addition, the fact was confirmed that the distribution of A. actinomycetemcomitns of women periodontitis patients was somewhat higher than men periodontitis patients in saliva and subgingival plaque samples. We convinced that the PCR method for 16s rRNA gene was important for screening and monitoring of periodontal disease.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2004

강화도 장화리 갯벌 퇴적물 내의 두 층(0-1cm, 6-7cm 깊이)에 서식하는 미생물 군집구조 및 다양성을 비교하기 위해 16S rDNA의 서열에 기초한 말단제한절편 다형성(terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism ; T-RFLP)분석과 클론의 염기서열 분석을 실시하였다. 제한 효소HhaI을 이용한 T-RFLP분석 결과표층(0-1cm)에서는 다양한 크기(($60{\pm}2$) bp-($667{\pm}2$)bp)의 말단제한절편(T-RF)들이 고른 분포로 나타났으며, 저층(6-7 cm)에서는 ($60{\pm}2$)bp와 ($93{\pm}2$) bp의 T-RF가 우세하게 나타나 표층에 비해 미생물 군집구조가 단순한 것으로 조사되었다. 총 172개의 클론의 16S rDNA부분 염기서열 분석 결과 98% 유사도 수준에서 98%의 클론이 GenBank에 등록된 염기서열 중 배양된 어떤 미생물과도 일치하지 않는 것으로 조사되었으며, 이 중 148개의 클론(86%)이 서로 다른 계통형(phylotype)으로 분류되어 다양한 미생물이 서식하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 대부분의 클론들은 $\alpha$-, $\gamma$, $\delta$-Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria/Holophaga 그리고 green nonsulfur bacteria 그룹 내에 속하였고, 이 중 Proteobacteria 그룹이 표층에서는 전체의 69%, 저층에서는 46%의 높은 비율을 차지하였다. 또한 황원소의 산화와 환원에 관련된 $\gamma$-Proteobacteria와 $\delta$-Proteobacteria 그룹이 각각 21.5%와 15.7%로 우세하게 나타나 갯벌의 미생물 군집 구조가 혐기성 환경에서의 황환원에 의해 생성된 황의 거동과 밀접한 연관이 있음을 시사하였다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2005

Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites were isolated from an ocular patient in the Republic of Korea and maintained in the laboratory (designated KI-1). In the present study, its genotype was determined by analyzing dense granule antigen 6 (GRA6) gene and surface antigen 2 (SAG2) gene as typing markers. Digestion of the amplification products of GRA6 and of the 5' and 3' ends of SAG2, respectively, with Mse I, Sau3A I, and Hha I, revealed that KI-1 is included in the genotype I, which includes the worldwide virulent RH strain. In addition, when the whole sequences of the coding regions of SAG1, rhoptry antigen 1 (ROP1), and GRA8 genes of KI-1 were compared with those of RH, minor nucleotide polymorphisms and amino acid substitutions were identified. These results show that KI-1 is a new geographical strain of T. gondii that can be included in the genotype I.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.24-37
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• 2005

국내 사육 하우 염소, 돼지, 개, 닭 및 마우스 등을 포함한 각종 동물과 사람환자에서 분리한 총 116주의 S. aureus 분리주에 대해서 5종의 PCR 기법을 적용하여 분자역학적 특성을 분석하였다. 먼저 종특이 유전자(SSG: aroA, coa, nuc 및 spa-gene)의 다양성을 PCR 기법으로 조사하였고, 또한 약제내성의 MRSA 균주의 분포양상과 내독소(Enterotoxin)산생유전자(SE)의 분포양상에 대해서도 조사하였다. 그리고 이 연궁선 수행한 5종의 PCR 기법 들이 생산한 개별성적을 객관적으로 비교하여, 가장 신뢰도 높고 효율적 PCR기법을 선발하였다. 먼저 PCR기법을 적용한 SSG의 분포양상 조사에서는 $nuc-gene\;(100\%)$, $spa-gene\;(91.4\%)$, $coa-gene\;(87.9\%)$, 및 $aroA-gene\;(26.7\%)$의 빈도로 조사되었다. 그리고 aroA와 coa-gene PCR 증폭산물에 대한 RsaI과 AluI 효소로 소화시킨 RELP 성적에서 coa-Bene PCR-RFLP에서는 모두 10 type의 con-type이 동정되었고, 그중 coa-3 type (809 bp)이 닭, 마우스, MRSA 및 사람유래 균주를 포함한 총 36주 $(33.0\%)$로서 가장 대표적인 genotype으로 결정되었다. 반면에 aroA-gene PCR-RELP에서는 단지 7 type의 genotype만이 산생되어 대조를 보였고, 17주 $(73.9\%)$가 대표적인 그룹으로 분류되었다. 한편 spa-gene PCR에서는 총 11 type의 spa-type이 확인되었고, 그중 spa-7 type (9 repeats; 263 bp)이 한우, 닭, 개, 염소, 마우스 및 MRSA 균주 등을 포함한 총 39주 $(34.8\%)$로서 가장 대표적인 genotype으로 결정되었다. 또한 총 116주에 대해 MRSA 균주의신속한 검출을 위해서 mecA-gene PCR을 적용하였던 바, 단지 사람유래의 14주 $(12.1\%)$에서만 양성의 증폭산물 (533 bp)이 검출되었고, 이들 증폭된 PCR산물의 유전학적 검증을 위해 HhaI으로 소화시켰던바 14주 모두 $(100\%)$가 알려진 2개의 DNA band (332 & 201 bp)로 양분되어 유전자수준에서 MRSA 양성균주로 검증되었다. 한편 내독소 산생유전자 (SE-gene)는 multiplex-PCR기법으로 조사하였으며 sea-gene $(63.7\%)$이 가장 지배적이었고, 이어서 seb-gene $(10.0\%)$ 및 sec-gene $(7.2\%)$의 순서였다. 특히 sea+sec의 2종의 SE genes를 보유한 균주도 11주로서 가장 많았으며 그 외에도 sea+seb (2주)및 seb+see (1주) genes를 보유한 균주도 함께 검출되었다. 최종적으로 5종의 PCR기법들이 생산한 성적들을 수치 (SID)로 변환하여 객관적으로 감별능력 (DA)을 비교하였던바, aroA-gene PCR-RFLP는 가장 저조한 DA [SID=0.462]을 나타내었고, 반면에 coa-gene PCR-RELP는 5종의 분석기법 중에서 가장 신뢰도 높은 DA [SID=0.894]을 발현하였다. 따라서 현재의 연구결과con-gene PCR-RELP기법이 사람을 포함한 다양한 동물종유래 S. aureus 균주들의 유전학적 분석목적에 가장 신뢰도 높고 감별능력이 뛰어난 분석기법으로 선발되었다.