• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.204-214
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• 2015

SHI-RELATED SEQUENCE (SRS) 유전자는 zinc-binding RING finger motif를 갖고있는 식물 특이적 전사인자로서 식물 생장과 발달에서 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 배추 생장점 부위로부터 분리된 Brassica rapa SHI-RELATED SEQUENCE (BrSRS) 유전자인 BrSRS7과 BrLRP1은 식물 생장과 발달에서 중요한 조절자이다. BrSRS7과 BrLRP1 유전자가 원예작물의 생장과 발달에 미치는 영향을 보고자 35S 프로모터에 유전자를 결합시켜 두 종류의 식물 형질전환 벡터를 제작한 후 아그로박테리움을 이용하여 페튜니아에 형질전환하였다. 형질전환체들은 전체적으로 식물체 크기가 감소되었고 잎은 작으면서 upward-curled된 특성을 나타내었고 줄기 사이의 길이가 줄었다. 페튜니아의 꽃 모양은 도입된 유전자에 따라 오각형, 별 모양, 둥근 모양으로 다르게 나타났다. 이러한 특성들은 $T_2$, $T_3$ 세대진전 후에도 안정적으로 나타났다. RT-PCR로 유전자 발현을 분석한 결과 BrSRS7과 BrLRP1 유전자는 정단 분열 조직에서 형태 형성에 관여하는 지베릴린과 옥신 관련 유전자인 PtAGL15, PtIAMT1 발현을 조절함으로서 페튜니아의 생장과 발달에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 추측된다. 따라서 본 연구결과로 BrSRS 계열 유전자는 왜성 특성, 식물 형태 변형을 갖는 화훼 품종을 개발하는데 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2011

Drought and salinity are the most important abiotic stresses that affect the normal growth and development of plants. Glycine betaine is one of the most important osmolytes present in higher plants that enable them to cope with environmental stresses through osmotic adjustment. In this study, a betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) gene from spinach under the control of the stress-induced promoter rd29A from Arabidopsis thaliana was introduced into potato cultivar Gannongshu 2 by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens system. Putative transgenic plants were confirmed by Southern blot analysis. Northern hybridization analysis demonstrated that expression of BADH gene was induced by drought and NaCl stress in the transgenic potato plants. The BADH activity in the transgenic potato plants was between 10.8 and 11.7 U. There was a negative relationship (y = -2.2083x + 43.329, r = 0.9495) between BADH activity and the relative electrical conductivity of the transgenic potato plant leaves. Plant height increased by 0.4-0.9 cm and fresh weight per plant increased by 17-29% for the transgenic potato plants under NaCl and polyethylene glycol stresses compared with the control potato plants. These results indicated that the ability of transgenic plants to tolerate drought and salt was increased when their BADH activity was increased.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1555-1562
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• 2010

Development of the strain and the fermentation process of Hansenula polymorpha was implemented for the production of ${\gamma}$-linolenic acid ($GLA,\;C18:3{\Delta}^{6,9,12}$), an n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) that has been reported to possess a number of health benefits. The mutated ${\Delta}^6$-desaturase (S213A) gene of Mucor rouxii was expressed in H. polymorpha under the control of the methanol oxidase (MOX) promoter. Without the utilization of methanol, a high-cell-density culture of the yeast recombinant carrying the ${\Delta}^6$-desaturase gene was then achieved by fed-batch fermentation under glycerol-limited conditions. As a result, high levels of the ${\Delta}^6$-desaturated products, octadecadienoic acid ($C18:2{\Delta}^{6,9}$), GLA, and stearidonic acid ($C18:4{\Delta}^{6,9,12,15}$), were accumulated under the derepression conditions. The GLA production was also optimized by adjusting the specific growth rate. The results show that the specific growth rate affected both the lipid content and the fatty acid composition of the GLA-producing recombinant. Among the various specific growth rates tested, the highest GLA concentration of 697 mg/l was obtained in the culture with a specific growth rate of 0.08 /h. Interestingly, the fatty acid profile of the yeast recombinant bearing the Mucor ${\Delta}^6$-desaturase gene was similar to that of blackcurrant oil, with both containing similar proportions of n-3 and n-6 essential fatty acids.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.346-356
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• 2011

BACKGROUND: Chemical fungicides not only may pollute the ecosystem but also can be environmentally hazardous, as the chemicals accumulate in soil. Biological control is a frequently-used environment-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides in phytopathogen management. However, the use of microbial products as fungicides has limitations. This study isolated and characterized a three-antifungal-enzyme (chitinase, cellulase, and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase)-producing bacterium, and examined the conditions required to optimize the production of the antifungal enzymes. METHOD AND RESULTS: The antifungal enzymes chitinase, cellulase, and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase were produced by bacteria isolated from an sawmill in Korea. Based on the 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis, the bacterial strain AM50 was identical to Streptomyces sp. And their antifungal activity was optimized when Streptomyces sp. AM50 was grown aerobically in a medium composed of 0.4% chitin, 0.4% starch, 0.2% ammonium sulfate, 0.11% $Na_2HPO_4$, 0.07% $KH_2PO_4$, 0.0001% $MgSO_4$, and 0.0001% $MnSO_4$ at $30^{\circ}C$. A culture broth of Streptomyces sp. AM50 showed antifungal activity towards the hyphae of plant pathogenic fungi, including hyphae swelling and lysis in P. capsici, factors that may contribute to its suppression of plant pathogenic fungi. CONCLUSION(S): This study demonstrated the multiantifungal enzyme production by Streptomyces sp. AM50 for the biological control of major plant pathogens. Further studies will investigate the synergistic effect, to the growth regulations by biogenic amines and antifungal enzyme gene promoter.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.425-441
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• 2010

Forages are the backbone of sustainable agriculture. They includes a wide variety of plant species ranging from grasses, such as tall fescue and bermudagrass, to herbaceous legumes, such as alfalfa and white clover. Abiotic stresses, especially salinity, drought, temperature extremes, high photon irradiance, and levels of inorganic solutes, are the limiting factors in the growth and productivity of major cultivated forage crops. Given the great complexity of forage species and the associated difficulties encountered in traditional breeding methods, the potential from molecular breeding in improving forage crops has been recognized. Plant engineering strategies for abiotic stress tolerance largely rely on the gene expression for enzymes involved in pathways leading to the synthesis of functional and structural metabolites, proteins that confer stress tolerance, or proteins in signaling and regulatory pathways. Genetic engineering allows researchers to control timing, tissue-specificity, and expression level for optimal function of the introduced genes. Thus, the use of either a constitutive or stress-inducible promoter may be useful in certain cases. In this review, we summarize the recent progress made towards the development of transgenic forage plants with improved tolerance to abiotic stresses.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.1072-1080
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• 2018

A plant-specific B3 domain and AP2 domain-containing transcription factor, RAV1 acts as a negative regulator of growth in many plant species and its transcription was down-regulated by BR and ABA. In this study, we found that RAV1-overexpressing transgenic plants showed abnormally developed ovules, resulting in reduced seed size, weight, and number in a silique. Interestingly, the endogenous expression of RAV1 fluctuated during seed development; it remained low during the early stage of seed development and sharply increased in the seed maturation stage. In plants, seed development is a complex process that requires coordinated growth of the embryo, endosperm, and maternal integuments. Among many genes that are associated with endosperm proliferation and embryo development, three genes consisting of SHB1, MINI3, and IKU2 form a small unit positively regulating this process, and their expression was regulated by BR and ABA. Using the floral stage-specific RNAs, we found that the expression of MINI3 and IKU2, the two downstream genes of the SHB1-MINI3-IKU2 cascade in the seed development pathway, were particularly reduced in the RAV1-overexpressing transgenic plants. We further determined that RAV1 directly binds to the promoter of MINI3 and IKU2, resulting in their repression. Direct treatment with brassinolide (BL) improved seed development of RAV1-overexpressing plants, but treatment with ABA severely worsened it. Overall, these results suggest that RAV1 is an additional negative player in the early stages of seed development, during which ABA and BR signaling are coordinated.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2019

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT), as a simple and versatile method, achieves successful transformation in the yeast-like cells (YLCs) of Tremella fuciformis with lower efficiency. Establishment of a more efficient transformation system of YLCs is important for functional genomics research and biotechnological application. In this study, an enzymolysis-assisted ATMT method was developed. The degradation degree of YLCs depends on the concentration and digestion time of Lywallzyme. Lower concentration (${\leq}0.1%$) of Lywallzyme was capable of formation of limited wounds on the surface of YLCs and has less influence on their growth. In addition, there is no significant difference of YLCs growth among groups treated with 0.1% Lywallzyme for different time. The binary vector pGEH under the control of T. fuciformis glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpd) promoter was utilized to transform the enzymolytic wounded YLCs with different concentrations and digestion time. The results of PCR, Southern blot, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and fluorescence microscopy revealed that the T-DNA was integrated into the YLCs genome, suggesting an efficient enzymolysis-assisted ATMT method of YLCs was established. The highest transformation frequency reached 1200 transformants per $10^6$ YLCs by 0.05% (w/v) Lywallzyme digestion for 15 min, and the transformants were genetically stable. Compared with the mechanical wounding methods, enzymolytic wounding is thought to be a tender, safer and more effective method.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.299-305
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• 2007

산화스트레스 유도성 SWPA2 프로모터 조절하에 항산화 효소 SOD와 APX 유전자를 동시에 엽록체에 발현시킨 형질전환 감자 (품종 수미)를 대상으로 methyl viologen (MV) 처리에 의해 유도되는 산화스트레스 내성을 잎절편체, 소식물체 및 식물체 수준에서 조사하였다. 잎 절편에 $3{\mu}M$ MV를 처리하였을 때 SSA 식물체의 잎절편체는 비형질전환 (NT) 식물체에 비해 40% 정도 상해를 적게 받았다. 소식물체 수준에서 MV에 의한 산화스트레스 내성을 조사하기 위하여 SSA감자 shoot을 $0.3{\mu}M$ MV 첨가 배지에 배양하였을 때 뿌리의 생장에서 내성이 나타났다. 또한 온실에서 4주 생장한 식물체에 $350{\mu}M$ MV를 처리하였을 경우에도 SSA 식물체는 NT 식물체에 비해 약 75% 손상을 적게 입은 것으로 나타내었다. 추후 SSA 식물체를 이용하여 건조, 고온 등의 복합재해에 내성을 분석이 진행되어야 할 것이며 그 결과 복합스트레스 내성 감자 품종 (수미)을 개발할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2007

본 연구는 식물 추출물, 한방 발효물 및 유산균을 육계에 단독 또는 혼합 급여하였을 때 생산성, 혈액 특성, 맹장 미생물 균총 및 소장 내 소화 효소 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하고 이를 통해 이들의 성장 촉진용 항생제(AGP) 대체 가능성 및 효과적인 이용 방법을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 1일령 육계 수평아리(Ross strain) 840수를 공시하여 7처리 4반복 반복당 30수씩 완전 임의 배치하였다. 시험구는 항생제 무첨가구(NC)와 항생제 첨가구(PC)를 대조구로 하였으며, 시험 사료에 식물 추출물, 한방 발효물 및 유산균을 0.1% 수준으로 첨가한 처리구(PE, FMP 및 LB)와 유산균 0.1%를 혼합한 시험사료에 식물 추출물 및 한방 발효물을 0.1%씩 첨가한 처리구(PE+LB 및 FMP+LB)를 두었다. 5주 종료 체중 및 증체량은 무항생제 대조구에 비해 모든 처리구에서 유의하게 증가하거나(P<0.05) 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 사료 요구율에 있어서도 무항생제 대조구(NC)에 비해 모든 처리구에서 개선되었다(P<0.05). 그러나 식물 추출물 0.1% 첨가구(PE)을 제외한 다른 처리구에서는 항생제 대조구(PC)와 비교해서 생산성이 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 식물 추출물 및 한방 발효물과 유산균 혼합에 따른 상승 효과는 관찰되지 않았다. Albumin : globulin 비율은 대조구에서 유의하게 감소하였으며(P<0.05), 백혈구 조성에 있어서 스트레스 지표인 림프구/호중구 비율이 역시 무항생제 대조구에 비해 모든 처리구에서 유의하게 낮아졌다(P<0.05). 맹장 내 총 균수 및 Lactobacillus 수에 있어서 처리구 간 차이가 관찰되지 않았다. E. coli 및 Salmonella의 수는 한방 발효물 0.1% 및 유산균 0.1% 단독 첨가구에서 유의하게 감소하였다(P<0.05). 소장 내 소화 효소 활성은 sucrase를 제외한 다른 소화 효소의 활성이 대조구에 비해 유의하게 감소하였다(P<0.05). 본 연구 결과 식물 추출물 및 유산균 급여는 육계 생산성을 향상시키고, 혈액 특성에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳐 항생제 대체제로서의 이용 가능성이 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1563-1568
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• 2010

암(dark) 상태에서 재배한 대두의 하배축 길이 생장의 분자 기작을 연구하기 위한 일환으로 암 상태에서 재배한 대두 하배축으로부터 cDNA library를 제작한 후 ESTs를 구축하였다. 이들 ESTs 중 색소체 ABC 단백질과 아미노산 서열이 매우 유사한 clone을 선발한 후 이 유전자의 전체염기서열을 결정하였다. GmNAP1 단백질은 엽록체로 향하는 transit peptide 서열이 존재한다. 빛에 의해 GmNAP1 유전자 전사가 어떻게 변화되는지 알아보기 위해 지속적인 적색광, 근적색광 그리고 암 상태에서 성장시키면서 유전자의 전사량을 확인하였다. 이 색소체 NAP1는 엽록소의 전구 물질인 protoporphytin IX를 세포질에서 엽록체로 이동시키는 기능을 한다. 대두에서 분리된 GmNAP1 유전자의 기능을 확인하기 위하여 35S 프로모터 뒤에 GmNAP1 유전자를 접합한 후 애기장대에 형질전환하였다. 형질전환 된 애기장대의 엽록소 함량은 야생형의 엽록소 함량보다 훨씬 높게 측정되었다.