• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.620-627
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• 2000

To determine the prevalence of genetic polymorphisms in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) strains in the Korean population, the restriction site polymorphisms for BamHI and XhoI enzymes were analyzed with 16 EBV isolates from cancer patients and 7 EBV isolates from healthy carriers, using polymerase chain reaction techniques. None of the 23 isolates were found to carry an extra BamHI site in the BamHI F-fragment (f-variant). Of the 12 type-1 isolates from the cancer patients, 10 lost both the LMP1 XhoI site and the BamHI site between the BamHi W1* and I1* fragments (a W1*I1* fusion variant or type C). The latter W1*I1* fusion variant was due to a mutation of thymidine to adenine, as evidenced by a sequence analysis. The remaining two type-1 isolates showed either no variation at both sites or the loss of only the XhoI site. In contrast, two type-2 isolates and two intertypic recombinants with a type-1 allele at the EBNA2 locus and type-2 alleles at all or some of the EBNA3 loci retained both enzyme sites. In similar analyses of the 7 isolates from the healthy carriers, five of six type-1 isolates lost these two sites, however, one type-2 isolate did not. These results clearly indicate a strong association of both the LMP1 XhoI site loss and the W1*I1* fusion variant with the type-1 rather than the type-2 EBV strains circulating in the immunocompetent Korean carriers.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.18.1-18.7
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• 2022

According to long-term projections, by 2030, the world's population is predicted to reach 7.5 billion individuals, and there will be roughly 27 million new cancer cases diagnosed. The global burden of breast cancer (BC) is expected to rise. According to the Ministry of Health-Iraqi Cancer Registry, cancer is the second largest cause of death after cardiovascular disease. This study investigated the interleukin-18 (IL18) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) -607C/A rs1946518 and -137G/C rs187238 using the sequence-specific amplification-polymerase chain reaction approach. Regarding the position -607C/A, there was a highly significant difference between the observed and expected frequencies in patients and controls (χ² = 3.16 and χ² = 16.5), respectively. The AA and CA genotypes were associated with significantly increased BC risk (odds ratio [OR], 3.68; p = 0.004 and OR, 2.83; p = 0.04, respectively). Women with the A allele had a 5.03-fold increased susceptibility to BC. The C allele may be a protective allele against BC (OR, 0.19). Although position -137G/C showed no significant differences in the CC genotype distribution (p = 0.18), the frequency of the CC genotype was significantly higher in patients than in controls. In contrast, patients had a significantly higher frequency of GC genotypes than controls (p = 0.04), which was associated with an increased risk of developing BC (OR, 2.63). The G allele frequency was significantly lower in patients than in controls (55.0% vs. 76.2%, respectively). This SNP may be considered a common genotype in the Iraqi population, with the wild-type G allele having a protective function (OR, 0.19) and the mutant C allele having an environmental effect (OR, 2.63).

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2008

대퇴골두무혈성괴사증은 다원적인 질병으로 특정 집단의 경우 더 많은 위험성을 내포하고 있다. 특히 스테로이드의 과용과 알코올 남용 등으로 인한 지질대사의 변화는 골괴사증의 주요 원인 중 하나이다. 본 연구는 골괴사 환자와 대조군 사이에서 HMG-CoA reductase 유전자의 다형성과 질환발생과의 연관성에 대해 알아보았다. 24명의 한국인을 대상으로 HMG-CoA reductase 유전자를 시퀀싱하여 5곳의 유전자 다형성을 확인하였다. 349명의 남성 환자와 300명의 남성 대조군을 대상으로 네 곳(-6933C>T, -6045T>G, +12673G>A, +18128C>T)의 유전자다형성의 빈도를 비교하였다. 그 결과 HMG-CoA reductase 유전자의 다형성과 질환발생 및 혈장 지질농도와는 어떠한 상관관계도 보이지 않았다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2018

국내 재배종 마늘을 대상으로 상처(wound) 처리에 특이적으로 발현되는 Cyt. P450 cDNA (ORF 1,419 bp) 중 1,210~1,240 bp 사이에 존재하는 heme-binding domain (HB-domain)의 염기서열 다형성을 바탕으로 국내산 재배마늘의 HB-domain의 다형성 분포를 조사하였다. 국내 재배마늘에서 7개의 각각 다른 염기서열을 가진 HB-domain 마커를 탐색하였고, 전국 6개 지역의 재배농가에서 임의로 수집한 120개 마늘의 마커 종류별 분포도를 조사하였다. 경북, 충남, 충북, 강원지역에서 재배되는 한지형 마늘은 아미노산서열 FGGGRRICPG, DNA서열 5'-TTT/GGC/GGT/GGA/CGG/AGA/ATA/TGT/CCT/GGA-3'인 KP2형의 HB-domain을 가진 재배종이 51.3%로 가장 많이 분포하였고, KP1형 13.7%, CP형 11.3%, CM형 8.8%, KW2형 5% 및 기타 1.3%인 것으로 나타났다. 경남지역 재배지에서 수집한 난지형 마늘은 아미노산서열 FGAGRRICPG, DNA서열 '5-TTT/GGC/GCA/GGA/CGG/AGA/ATT/TGT/CCT/GGA-3'인 KM형이 52.5%로 가장 많았고, KP2형 22.5%, KW2형 5%, KP1 및 CP형이 각각 2.5%가 분포하는 것으로 나타났으나 CM형은 존재하지 않았다. 이 결과는 우리나라에 재배되는 마늘은 유전적으로 상당히 혼재된 상태로 존재하며, 특정 지역을 대표하는 유전적 특징을 가진 재배종을 단정하기는 어려운 것으로 판단된다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.410-414
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• 2009

단염기 다양성 (Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms, SNPs)은 핵산수준에서의 개개인의 유전 서열간의 차이를 나타내는 말로 최근 맞춤의약 분야에서 각광 받고 있다. 일반적으로 SNPs존재 유무를 확인하는데 주로 사용되는 방법은 ABI automated DNA sequencer와 같은 대용량 염기서열 결정 기계에서 산출되는 결과물 파일로부터 DNA서열을 추출하여 BLAST와 같은 상동성 검색을 수행하는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 사용자로부터 참조서열, AB1파일, SNPs 존재 가능성을 가진 염기의 위치 정보를 입력 값으로 받아 해당 위치에 존재하는 염기의 SNPs 치환 및 heterozygosity 여부를 확인 할 수 있는 프로그램인 SNPchaser를 개발하였다. 특정 유전자 서열 내에서 SNPs를 보이는 염기의 위치에 대한 정보를 사용자가 알고 있는 경우, 전체 유전자 서열에 대해 SNPs유무를 조사할 필요 없이 SNPs를 보인다고 보고된 위치의 염기를 조사하여 SNPs유무를 판단하고, 해당지역의 염기의 chromatogram정보를 사용자에게 제공하는 기능을 가지고 있다. 또한 SNPchaser는 사람과 같은 2배체의 염색체를 가진 생명체에 존재 하는 SNPs지역의 염기에 대한 heterozygosity여부를 사용자가 손쉽게 판별할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 논문에서 개발한 SNPchaser는 http://www.bioinformatics.ac.kr/SNPchaser에서 사용 가능하다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1023-1029
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• 2007

Inhibins participate in the regulation of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone synthesis and secretion, follicular maturation and steroidogenesis in the female. Inhibin ${\beta}_A$ gene (INHBA) was studied as a candidate gene for the prolificacy of sheep. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the entire coding region and partial 3' untranslated region of INHBA were detected by PCR-SSCP in two high fecundity breeds (Small Tail Han and Hu sheep) and six low fecundity breeds (Dorset, Texel, German Mutton Merino, South African Mutton Merino, Chinese Merino and Corriedale sheep). Only the PCR products amplified by primers 3, 4 and 5 displayed polymorphisms. For primer 3, genotype CC was only detected in Chinese Merino sheep, genotype AA was detected in the other seven sheep breeds. Genotype BB was only detected in Hu sheep. Only Hu sheep displayed polymorphism. Eight or four nucleotide mutations were revealed between BB or CC and AA, respectively, and these mutations did not result in any amino acid change. For primer 4, genotypes EE, EG and GG were detected in Dorset and German Mutton Merino sheep, genotypes EE, EF and FF were detected in Chinese Merino sheep, only genotype EE was detected in the other five sheep breeds. Only Dorset, German Mutton Merino and Chinese Merino sheep displayed polymorphism. Sequencing revealed one nucleotide mutation ($114G{\rightarrow}A$) of exon 2 of INHBA gene between genotype FF and genotype EE, and this mutation did not cause any amino acid change. Another nucleotide change ($143C{\rightarrow}T$) was identified between genotype GG and genotype EE, and this mutation resulted in an amino acid change of $serine{\rightarrow}leucine$. For primer 5, genotypes KK and KL were detected in German Mutton Merino and Corriedale sheep, genotypes KK, LL and KL were detected in the other six sheep breeds. Genotype MM was only detected in Hu sheep. All of these eight sheep breeds displayed polymorphism. Sequencing revealed one nucleotide mutation ($218A{\rightarrow}G$) of exon 2 of the INHBA gene between genotype LL and genotype KK, and nine nucleotide mutations between genotype MM and genotype KK. These mutations did not alter amino acid sequence. The partial sequence (395 bp for exon 1 and 933 bp for exon 2) of the INHBA gene in Small Tail Han sheep (with genotype KK for primer 5) was submitted into GenBank (accession number EF192431). Small Tail Han sheep displayed polymorphisms only in the fragment amplified by primer 5. The Small Tail Han ewes with genotype LL had 0.53 (p<0.05) or 0.63 (p<0.05) more lambs than those with genotype KL or KK, respectively. The Small Tail Han ewes with genotype KL had 0.10 (p>0.05) more lambs than those with genotype KK.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2013

This study describes the identification of Panax species using mitochondrial consensus primers. Initially, a total of thirty primers were tested in ten Korean ginseng cultivars and two foreign Panax species, P. quinquefolius and P. notoginseng. In the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification results, three primers (cox1, nad1/2-3 and nad2/1-2) generated co-dominant polymorphic banding patterns discriminating Korean ginseng cultivars from P. quinquefolius and P. notoginseng. However, these primers could not generated polymorphisms among the Korean ginseng cultivars, and simply represented species-specific polymorphisms for P. quinquefolius and P. notoginseng. Primers PQ91 and PN418 were designed from the consensus sequence of nad1/2-3 region. Two banding patterns (A or B) were detected in PQ91. Korean ginseng cultivars and P. notoginseng shared the same banding pattern (A type) and P. quinquefolius was identified another banding pattern (B type). In the case of PN418, two banding patterns (A or B) were detected in the Korean ginseng cultivars and two foreign Panax species. Korean ginseng cultivars and P. quinquefolius shared the same banding pattern (A type) and P. notoginseng was identified another banding pattern (B type). The combination banding patterns of three Panax species, Korean ginseng cultivars (Panax ginseng C. A. Mey.), P. quinquefolius and P. notoginseng, was identified as 'AA', 'BA' and 'AB', respectively. Consequently, PQ91 and PN418 primer sets can be used to distinguish among Panax species.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.949-955
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• 2019

Objective: The present study was to investigate the association of polymorphisms in exon-9 of the bone morphogenetic protein receptor-1B (BMPR-1B) gene (C864T) with litter size in 240 Dorset, 232 Mongolian, and 124 Small Tail Han ewes. Methods: Blood samples were collected from 596 ewes and genomic DNA was extracted using the phenol: chloroform extraction method. The 304-bp amplified polymerase chain reaction product was analyzed for polymorphism by single-strand conformation polymorphism method. The genotypic frequency and allele frequency of BMPR-1B gene exon-9 were computed after sequence alignment. The ${\chi}^2$ independence test was used to analyze the association of genotypic frequency and litter size traits with in each ewe breed, where the phenotype was directly treated as category. Results: The results indicated two different banding patterns AA and AB for this fragment, with the most frequent genotype and allele of AA and A. Calculated Chi-square test for BMPR-1B gene exon-9 was found to be more than that of p value at the 5% level of significance, indicating that the population under study was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for all ewes. The ${\chi}^2$ independence test analyses indicated litter size differences between genotypes was not the same for each breed. The 304-bp nucleotide sequence was subjected to BLAST analysis, and the C864T mutation significantly affected litter size in singletons, twins and multiples. The heterozygosity in exon-9 of BMPR-1B gene could increase litter size for all the studied ewes. Conclusion: Consequently, it appears that the polymorphism BMPR-1B gene exon-9 detected in this study may have potential use in marker assisted selection for litter size in Dorset, Mongolian, and Small Tail Han ewes.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.676-681
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• 2002

우리나라 주요 해산 어종인 쥐노래미 (Hexagrammos otakii)로부터 성장호르몬 유전자 CDNA를 클로닝하고 이의 염기서열과 발현 특성을 분석하였다. 뇌하수체 조직으로부터 CDNA library를 제작하였으며 membrane filter hybridization 및 expressed sequence tag기술을 이용하여 성장호르몬 CDNA transcript들을 대량 발굴하였다. 총 확보된 full-length clone 39개중 31개가 동일한 형태로 나타났으나 나머지 클론들에서는 5'쪽의 염기서열 변이, ORF내의 염기서열 삽입, 3'쪽의 여기서열의 변이 등이 검출되었다. RT-PCR과 RNA dot blot 분석을 수행한 결과 본 연구에서 얻어진 쥐노래미 성장호르몬 transcript들은 뇌하수체 특이적인 전형적인 어류 성장호르몬 발현 특성을 나타내었다.

• Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2017

Resource plants are important and have strong potential for a variety of utilities as crops or pharmaceutical materials. However, most resource plants remain wild and thus their utility for breeding and biotechnology is limited. Molecular markers are useful to initiate genetic study and molecular breeding for these understudied resource plants. We collected various wild collections of Peucedanum japonicum which is indigenous resource plants utilized as oriental medicine and leafy vegetables in Korea. In this study, we produced two independent whole genome sequences (WGSs) from two collections and identified large scale polymorphic simple sequence repeat (pSSR) based on our pipeline to develop SSR markers based on comparison of two WGSs. We identified a total of 452 candidate pSSR contigs. To confirm the accuracy and utility of pSSR, we designed ten SSR primer pairs and successfully applied those to seven collections of P. japonicum. The WGS and pSSR candidates identified in this study will be useful resource for genetic research and breeding purpose for the valuable resource plant, P. japonicum.