• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 1989

A gene can be selectively overexpressed in E. coli by utilizing the phage T7 RNA polymerase's stringent recognition and active transcription of the T7 promoter. The T7 expression system was constructed such that the T7 RNA polymerase gene is under the control of lacUV5 promoter in one plasmid, and that the target gene, the promoterless chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene with E. coli ribosome binding site is under the control of T7 promoter in the other plasmid. Only the E. coli cells containing both plasmids show high resistance to chloramphenicol. When the copy number of the runaway plasmid containing the polymerase gene was varied by a temperature shift, amounts of the CAT protein synthesized upon induction was correspondingly changed as shown in SDS gel electrophoresis.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 1989

S. aureus에서 분리된 plasmid pSBK203 상의 CAT 유전자 염기서열을 결정하였으며 유발성 발현현상이 확인되었다. 염기서열 결과에 의해 예측된 단백질의 아미노산 서열 분석결고 pC221-CAT 와는 78%의 가장 높은 상동성을 나타냈으며 pC194-CAT와는 55%, 그람음성균 유래의 CAT 중 하나인 Tn9-CATdhkss 38%의 상동성을 각각 보여주고 있었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.31.1-31.6
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• 2016

Background: The objective of this study was to develop an efficient selectable marker for transgenic Dunaliella salina. Results: Tests of the sensitivity of D. salina to the antibiotic chloramphenicol and the herbicide Basta$^{(R)}$ showed that cells ($1.0{\times}10^6cells/ml$) treated with 1000 or $1500{\mu}g/ml$ chloramphenicol died in 8 or 6 days, respectively, whereas D. salina cells ($1.0{\times}10^6cells/ml$) treated with 5, 10, 20, or $40{\mu}g/ml$ Basta$^{(R)}$ died in 2 days. Therefore, D. salina is more sensitive to Basta$^{(R)}$ than to chloramphenicol. To examine the possibility of using the phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (pat) gene as a selectable marker gene, we introduced the pat genes into D. salina with particle bombardment system under the condition of helium pressure of 900 psi from a distance of 3 cm. PCR analysis confirmed that the gene was stably inserted into the cells and that the cells survived in $5{\mu}g/ml$ Basta$^{(R)}$, the medium used to select the transformed cells. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that the pat gene can be used as an efficient selectable marker when producing transgenic D. salina.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.201-205
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• 1995

Nopaline synthase promoter의 upstream element region을 본딴 nos-RP 요소라고 불리워진 합성 oligomer는 nos wild type promotor의 5' end에서부터 - 101까지를 절단한 promoter의 upstream에 삽입하였다. Nos promoter의 활성은 nos promoter와 연결되어 있는 reporter gene인 Chlorarnphenicol과 $\beta$-glucuronidase유전 인자들이 발현되는 현상을 연구함으로써 측정하였다. 형질 전환된 유전인자를 가지고 있는 담배 식물에 대한 분석은 nos minimal promoter의 활성이 합성 nos-RP 요소가 삽입됨으로써 회복될 수 있음을 보여 주었다. 또한 Nos minimal promoter의 upstream에 nos-RP 요소의 삽입은 여러 가지 환경적인 요소들인 auxin, dithiothreitol, salicylic acid 그리고 methyl jasmonate에 의해서 활성이 증가됨을 보여 주었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.404-409
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• 1997

Trout CYP1A-CAT expression construct was generated by cloning -3.5 Kb $5^I$ flanking DNA of trout liver CYP1A gene in front of CAT gene at pCAT-basic vector. Hepa 1 cells, which are known to contain a functional arylhydrbcarbon $receptor^I$ were transfected with trout CYP1A-CAT using lipofectin. 3-Methylcholanthrene (1 nM) was added into hepa 1 cells in culture in order to examine if $5^I$ flanking DNA of trout CYP1A gene could interact with mouse transactivating factors to bring about transcription of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase(CAT) reporter gene. The level of CAT protein was measured by CAT ELISA and the level of CAT mRNA was determined by RTPCR. The treatment of 1 nM 3-methylcholanthrene resulted in two fold increases in CAT protein as well as CAT mRNA compared to untreated control hepa 1 cells. These data indicate that arylhydrocarbon receptors of mouse hepa 1 cells are functional to activate exogenously transfected trout CYP1A-CAT construct in terms of both transcription and translation of CAT. We also examined the effect of 3-methylcholanthrene on endogenous cyplal activity in hepa 1 cell. 3-Methylcholanthrene (1 nM) treatment to hepa 1 cells trahsfected with trout CYP1A-CAT construct stimulated the level of cyp1a1 mRNA by two folds and the activity of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase by two fold compared to that of control cells. In this study we reported that trout CYP1A-CAT reporter gene expression construct could be expressed by 3-methylcholanthrene treatment in mouse hepa 1 cells. Thus trout CYP1A-CAT could serve as a good model to study the mechanism of regulation of CYP1A1 gene expression.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.600-605
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• 1989

Escherichia coli 내에서 프로모터활성을 보이는 Zymomonas mobilis 유래의 유전자 절편을 분리하고 특성을 분석하였다. 프로모터 탐색용 벡터인 pCMT215는 promoter activity가 없는 pMT21의 HinIII 위치에 pYEJ001의 클로람페니콜 아세틸전이 효소유전자를 함유한 0.7-kb HindIII 조각을 접합시켜 제조하였다. E. mobilis의 chromosomal DNA를 Sau3AI으로 부분절단하여 pCMT215에 도입한 후, 이를 이용하여 대장균을 형질전환시킨 결과 14개의 형질전환주가 선별되었다. 이들은 30-750 $\mu$g/$m\ell$ 농도의 chloramphenicol에 내성을 보였으며 클로닝된 유전자조각의 크기는 0.1-1.5Kb였다. 이 가운데 5개의 염기서열을 분석해 본 결과 일반적인 프로모터의 염기서열과 많은 유사점이 발견되었는데, 대장균의 프로모터인 -35 또는 -10 지역과의 부분적인 일치와 A 또는 T 염기가 풍부한 지역과 연속적인 A 또는 T 염기배열, 그리고 회문형태의 염기서열 등이 발견되었다. 또한 대장균 내에서의 프라이머 연장실험결과 Z. mobilis로부터 유래된 DNA조각에서 전사의 시작이 4-170 염기의 거리를 두고 두 곳 또는 여러 곳에서 일어남을 알 수 있었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.155-157
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• 1993

DNA transfection conditions were investigated by calcium phosphate-DNA co-precipitation in SK-N-BE(2)C human neuroblastoma cells. The DNA plasmid of TH2400CAT was used in which rat tyrosine hydroxylase gene was inserted into chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gent. The transfection efficiency was 25-30% and the method was simple and reproducible. So, the method will be a good tool for transient transfection analysis.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1996

Promoters which are useful for constructing expression vectors for lactic acid bacteria were obtained from the chromosomal DNA of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis MG1363. pBV5030, a promoter-selection vector, replicates in L. lactis and Escherichia coli and carries a promoterless chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (cat-86). After examining E. coli transformants which grew on LB media containing chloramphenicol (Cm, 20$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL) , many MG1363 derived DNA fragments which encompass promoter sequences were identified. Some recombinant E. coli cells can grow at the Cm concentration of 1,000$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL. When plasmids from those highly resistant E. coli cells were purified and introduced into L. lactis ssp. lactis MG1614 cells by electroporation, lactococcal transformants showing Cm resistance were obtained. So far, five plasmids with different promoter inserts were introduced into L. lactis MGl614 cells. The maximum level of Cm resistance in L. lactis MG1614 transformants was quite low (20$\mu\textrm{g}$/mL) when compared with that observed in recombinant E. coli cells harboring the same plasmids.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.789-795
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• 2004

A promoter-probe shuttle vector pSK1Cat was constructed for the isolation of transcriptional signal sequences from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Besides conferring resistance to kanamycin in Escherichia coli and C. glutamicum, the vector carried a promoterless cat gene to confer resistance to chloramphenicol upon insertion of the appropriate transcriptional signals in the multiple cloning site. By utilizing the vector, a series of transcriptionally active fragments were isolated from the genome of C. glutamicum. The clones, ranging from 200 bp to 1 kb in size, were grouped into 3 classes of strong, medium, and weak, based on the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity and sensitivity to the chloramphenicol of the clone-carrying C. glutamicum cells. C. glutamicum cells carrying the $P_{19}$ clone, a representative in the strong class, were able to grow on minimal agar plates containing over $40 mg/mell$ chloramphenicol, and showed CAT activity of 10 m㏖/mgㆍmin, performing slightly better than the cells carrying $P_{tac}$ , a strong E. coli promoter. Subcloning analysis of the $P_{19}$ clone identified a 180 bp intergenic fragment ($P_{180}$), which was located upstream of a gene encoding a hypothetical membrane protein. The expression conferred by $P_{180}$ was not affected by either the kinds of carbon sources or changes in temperature. These properties make the $P_{180}$ clone useful for the deregulated expression of biosynthetic genes in C. glutamicum during amino acid fermentation.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

발광 박테리아인 Photobacterium 종들의 lux 오페론 하부 영역에서 riboflavin 생합성에 관여하는 유전자들(ribⅠ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ)이 발견되었다. Photobacterium phosphoreum의 lux 유전자와 rib 유전자를 포함하는 intergenic 영역의 단일사슬 DNA가 P. phosphoreum의 mRNA에 의하여 S1 nuclease digestion에서 손상받지 않았으며, ribⅠ에 의하여 암호화되는 P. phosphoreum의 riboflavin synthase의 활성도가 lux-specific한 효소들인 luciferase 혹은 fatty acid reductase 활성도와 같이 bioluminescence intensity의 발현과 함께 대수기 말기에서 증가하는 박테리아 발광반응의 특이한 조절 체계인 'autoinduction' 양상을 보였다. 또한 P. leiognathi의 luxB로부터 ribⅡ까지 포함하는 DNA를 강력한 lux 프로모터와 reporter(chloramphenicol acetyl transferase, CAT) 유전자 사이에 삽입하고 접합(conjugation)의 방법으로 P. leiognathi에 유전자 전이(gene transfer)시켜 CAT reporter 유전자의 발현을 P. leiognathi에서 조사한 바, 그 유전자의 발현 정도에 큰 차이가 없었을 뿐만 아니라 이 구조에서 lux 프로모터를 제거하게 되면 CAT reporter 유전자의 발현이 전혀 나타나지 않았다. 이들 실험 결과들은 lux 유전자와 rib 유전자의 intergenic영역에 lux 오페론의 전사 종결 구조(transcriptional terminator)가 존재하지 않으며 ribflavin 생합성 유전자들이 그들 고유의 프로모터에 의하여 전사되는 것이 아니라 lux 오페론의 프로모터에 의하여 발현됨을 나타내는 것으로, 이는 Photobacterium 종들에서 lux 유전자와 rib 유전자들은 공동의 발현 조절 체계를 갖는 것으로 요약된다.