• Molecules and Cells
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.356-362
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• 2019

The binding of MS2 bacteriophage coat protein (MCP) to MS2 binding site (MBS) RNA stem-loop sequences has been widely used to label mRNA for live-cell imaging at single-molecule resolution. However, concerns have been raised recently from studies with budding yeast showing aberrant mRNA metabolism following the MS2-GFP labeling. To investigate the degradation pattern of MS2-GFP-labeled mRNA in mammalian cells and tissues, we used Northern blot analysis of ${\beta}$-actin mRNA extracted from the Actb-MBS knock-in and $MBS{\times}MCP$ hybrid mouse models. In the immortalized mouse embryonic cell lines and various organ tissues derived from the mouse models, we found no noticeable accumulation of decay products of ${\beta}$-actin mRNA compared with the wild-type mice. Our results suggest that accumulation of MBS RNA decay fragments does not always happen depending on the mRNA species and the model organisms used.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2005

This study was carried out to obtain basic information for gene manipulation in potent edible tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. TI 516). N. tabacum cv. TI 516 is a plant for a possible candidate to use as an edible vaccine, since it contains a low level of nicotine. The effective plant regeneration system through leaf disc culture was achieved using a MS basal medium supplemented with 0.1 mg $1^{-1}$ NAA and 0.5 mg $1^{-1}$ BA. In order to transform the N. tabacum cv. TI 516 with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene, Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA 4404 containing the GFP gene was used. Genomic PCR confirmed the integration of the GFP gene into nuclear genome of transgenic plants. Expression of the GFP gene was identified in callus, apical meristem and root tissue of transgenic N. tabacum cv. TI 516 plants using fluorescence microscopy. Western blot analysis revealed the expression of GFP protein in the transgenic edible tobacco plants. The amount of GFP protein detected in the transgenic tobacco plants was approximately 0.16% of the total soluble plant protein (TSP), which was determined by ELISA.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2014

본 연구는 대목용으로 이용되는 박에 있어서 형질전환에 이용 가능한 품종을 선발하고 재분화 효율 및 형질전환 효율을 높이기 위하여 수행되었다. 3 mg/L BA가 첨가된 MS배지에서 덩굴마름병 저항성 순계계통의 평균 신초형성 수는 0 ~ 7.3개였으며 3종류의 상용 품종의 신초형성 수는 2.0 ~ 6.5개였다. 덩굴마름병 저항성 순계 계통의 재분화율은 품종 간 편차가 상용품종에 비하여 컸다. 형질전환 효율을 검정하기 위해 GFP와 gus발현을 조사한 결과 공동배양 과정 중에 GFP가 67%와 100% 로 높은 일시적인 발현을 보였다. 식물체 재분화는 BA와 2.4-D를 조합한 배지조합에서 자엽의 절단부위에서 신초가 발생하였으며, 4주 후 BA를 단독으로 1 mg/L 처리한 배지에서 한 개의 절편체에서 발생하는 신초의 개수 및 신초의 신장도 좋았다. 캘러스의 발생은 1 mg/L BA와 2,4-D를 0.1 mg 첨가한 배지에서 가장 활발하게 분화하였다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2006

박과 (Cucurbitaceae) 작물에서 박 (Lagenaria siceraria Standl.)은 식용뿐만 아니라 주로 저온 신장성의 확보와 토양전염성 병해를 회피하기 위한 수단으로서 수박의 대목으로 많이 사용된다. 유전공학 방법을 이용한 토양병 내성이 증대된 신품종 개발이 필요한 요즘 박 형질전환체 개발의 효과적인 시스템 확립을 위하여 식물형질전환 연구에 매우 효율적으로 이용되는 마커인 GFP 유전자를 도입하였다. 실험재료로 이용된 박 계통은 9005, 9006 및 G5였으며, 신초 유기를 위한 선발 배지는 3.0 mg/L_ BAP + 100 mg/L kanamycin +500 mg/L cefotaxime + 0.5 mg/L $AgNO_3$, pH 5.8이었다 박 선발배지에 치상된 자엽 절편체는 3주 정도 지나면 절단면 즉 치상 부위에서 작은 돌기들이 발생하였고, 갈수록 절편체는 갈변하여 고사하였다. 선발된 개체에서는 신초가 발생하였으며 선발 후 7주가 경과하면 pot로 이식하여 발근된 완전한 식물체를 얻을 수 있었다. 본 실험결과 박 형질전환 시 genotype에 따른 신초 발생률에 상당한 차이를 보였는데 계통 9005의 경우 신초 발생율이 0.0%이였으며 계통 G5의 경우 4.1%이였다. 형질전환으로 발생된 신초는 GFP가 발현되지 않는 것과 GFP가 발현되는 것 두 가지 양상을 볼 수 있었다. PCR 및 Southern blot 분석을 한 결과, 9006과 G5 두 genotype에서 형질전환 신초에서 GFT 유전자를 가지고 있는 것으로 확인되었으며 GFP 유전자가 도입된 박 형질전환체를 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 GFP 유전자는 박 형질전환시 유식물체에서 형질전환체를 쉽게 선발할 수 있는 유용한 마커로 이용 될 수 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제17권9호통권89호
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• pp.1177-1181
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• 2007

칼모둘린은 칼슘과 결합하는 센서로써 다양한 칼모둘린 결합 단백질들과의 상호 작용을 통하여 세포 내에서 여러가지 기능을 조절한다. 진핵 생물들은 많은 종류의 칼모둘린 결합 단백질을 가지고 있기 때문에 이러한 단백질들의 분리와 특성 규명이 중요하다. 이미 여러 가지 방법들을 이용하여 칼모둘린 결합 단백질들이 분리되었고 이미 알려진 단백질의 구조적인 유사성을 토대로 더 많은 단백질들이 예측되었다. 우리는 애기장대에서 칼모둘린 결합 단백질의 분리와 특성 규명을 위해 형광 단백질과 융합된 칼모둘린 과발현 형질 전환체를 제조하여 공촛점 현미경과 Western blot 을 이용하여 과발현 형질 전환체를 선별하였다. 또한 형질 전환체 내의 칼모둘린이 칼모둘린 결합 단백질과 상호 작용함을 pull-down 분석을 통해서 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들을 토대로 칼모둘린 과발현 형질 전환체를 이용하여, 칼모둘린과 상호 작용하는 여러 가지 칼모둘린 결합 단백질들을 분리할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회/대한산업공학회 2003년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.800-807
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• 2003

Decomposition of tasks in the ordinary manufacturing systems is usually based on the predefined goal of the system. To achieve the high-level-goals (e.g., factory goal or company goal), several sub-goals should be achieved in advance. However, goals can change along with the current status of the system and the external environmental situations. Thus, a manufacturing system should support the goal-formations which can be bearable these changes for efficient and effective operations. Therefore, it IS necessary to develop a systematic methodology for the goal-formations in a manufacturing system. Especially, the formation and/or change of goals in real-time should be possible for distributed and dynamic systems including the fractal manufacturing system (FrMS). In this paper, a threefold methodology is proposed for the goal-formation process (GFP) in the FrMS; 1) a goal­generating process (GGP) to make and propagate fuzzy goals, 2) a goal-harmonizing process (GHP) to eliminate or reduce conflicts and interferences of goals by using a mobile agent- based negotiation scheme, and 3) a goal-balancing process (GBP) to make a compromise between goals by using quantifiable indicators of the manufacturing system.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.841-846
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• 2016

Local protein synthesis mediates precise spatio-temporal regulation of gene expression for neuronal functions such as long-term plasticity, axon guidance and regeneration. To reveal the underlying mechanisms of local translation, it is crucial to understand mRNA transport, localization and translation in live neurons. Among various techniques for mRNA analysis, fluorescence microscopy has been widely used as the most direct method to study localization of mRNA. Live-cell imaging of single RNA molecules is particularly advantageous to dissect the highly heterogeneous and dynamic nature of messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) complexes in neurons. Here, we review recent advances in the study of mRNA localization and translation in live neurons using novel techniques for single-RNA imaging.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.3311-3317
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• 2014

Background: The consequence of Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor alpha (RhoGDI${\alpha}$) activity on migration and invasion of estrogen receptor positive ($ER^+$) and negative ($ER^-$) breast cancer cells has not been studied using the proteomic approach. Changes in expression of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ and other proteins interacting directly or indirectly with RhoGDI${\alpha}$ in MCF7 and MDA-MB-231, with different metastatic potentials is of particular interest. Materials and Methods: $ER^+$ MCF7 and ER- MDA-MB-231 cell lines were subjected to two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and spots of interest were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of- flight/time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) analysis after downregulation of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ using short interfering RNA (siRNA) and upregulated using GFP-tagged ORF clone of RhoGDI${\alpha}$. Results: The results showed a total of 35 proteins that were either up- or down-regulated in these cells. Here we identifed 9 and 15 proteins differentially expressed with silencing of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ in MCF-7 and the MDA-MB-231 cells, respectively. In addition, 10 proteins were differentially expressed in the upregulation of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ in MCF7, while only one protein was identified in the upregulation of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ in MDA-MB-231. Based on the biological functions of these proteins, the results revealed that proteins involved in cell migration are more strongly altered with RhoGDI-${\alpha}$ activity. Although several of these proteins have been previously indicated in tumorigenesis and invasiveness of breast cancer cells, some ohave not been previously reported to be involved in breast cancer migration. Hence, these proteins may serve as useful candidate biomarkers for tumorigenesis and invasiveness of breast cancer cells. Conclusions: Future studies are needed to determine the mechanisms by which these proteins regulate cell migration. The combination of RhoGDI${\alpha}$ with other potential biomarkers may be a more promising approach in the inhibition of breast cancer cell migration.