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최근 국내 분리 고병원성 infectious bursal disease virus의 segment A 유전자 특성 (Sequence analysis of segment A gene of a very virulent infectious bursal disease virus recently isolated in Korea)

  • 오현석;이진화;권혁무;성환우
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제51권1호
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2011
  • Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a member of the Avibirnavirus genus of the Birnaviridae family which genome consists of two segments (A and B) of double stranded RNA. Segment A gene of KNU08010 isolate, which was isolated from a 15-day-old chicken flock in 2008, was sequenced and compared with other IBDV isolates including SH/92 strain, the first Korean very virulent (vv) IBDV isolate. The amino acid sequences of segment A gene showed that KNU08010 had 99.2% homology with SH92 strain. KNU08010 isolate had specific amino acids A222, I242, I256, I294 and S299 which are highly conserved among vvIBDV strains. Phylogenetic analysis based on the nucleotide sequences of variable region of the VP2 gene of 18 IBDV strains revealed that KNU08010 was grouped with vvIBDVs and was closely related to Korean vvIBDVs isolated from wild birds.

Genomic Organization of Heat Shock Protein Genes of Silkworm Bombyx mori

  • Velu, Dhanikachalam;Ponnuvel, Kangayam M.;Qadri, Sayed M. Hussaini
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2007
  • The Hsp 20.8 and Hsp 90 cDNA sequence retrieved from NCBI database and consists of 764 bp and 2582 bp lengths respectively. The corresponding cDNA homologus sequences were BLAST searched in Bombyx mori genomic DNA database and two genomic contigs viz., BAAB01120347 and AADK01011786 showed maximum homology. In B. mori Hsp 20.8 and Hsp 90 is encoded by single gene without intron. Specific primers were used to amplify the Hsp 20.8 gene and Hsp 90 variable region from genomic DNA by using the PCR. Obtained products were 216 bp in Hsp 20.8 and 437 bp in Hsp 90. There was no variation found in the six silkworm races PCR products size of contrasting response to thermal tolerance. The comparison of the sequenced nucleotide variations through multiple sequence alignment analysis of Hsp 90 variable region products of three races not showed any differences respect to their thermotolerance and formed the clusters among the voltinism. The comparison of aminoacid sequences of B. mori Hsps with dipteran and other insect taxa revealed high percentage of identity growing with phylogenetic relatedness of species. The conserved domains of B. mori Hsps predicted, in which the Hsp 20.8 possesses ${\alpha}-crystallin$ domain and Hsp 90 holds HATPase and Hsp 90 domains.

Identification of the Capsid Protein-binding Region of the SL1(+) RNA Located at the 5' Region of the Potato virus X Genome

  • Cho, Sang-Yun;Kim, Kook-Hyung
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2012
  • $Potato$ $virus$ $X$ (PVX) contains $cis$-acting elements including stem-loop 1 (SL1) RNA at the 5' region; SL1 is conserved among all potexviruses. The SL1 at the positive-sense RNA, SL1(+), is required for PVX RNA replication, cell-to-cell movement, and translation. Previous research demonstrated that SL1(+) RNA also serves as the origin of assembly for encapsidation of PVX RNA. To identify the essential sequences and/or regions for capsid protein (CP) subunit recognition within SL1(+) RNA, we used electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA), UV cross-linking, and yeast three-hybrid analyses. The EMSA and UV cross-linking analyses with PVX CP subunits and RNA transcripts corresponding to the SL1(+) RNA showed that the SL1(+) RNA formed complexes with CP subunits. We also conducted EMSA and yeast three-hybrid analyses with RNAs containing various mutations of SL1(+) RNA elements. These analyses indicated that SL1(+) RNA is required for the interaction with PVX CP and that the RNA sequences located at the loop C and tetra loop of the SL1(+) are crucial for CP binding. These results indicate that, in addition to being important for RNA accumulation, the SL1(+) RNA from the 5' region of the PVX genome is also required for specific binding of PVX CP.

Molecular Cloning of a Partial Cadinane Synthase Gene from Artemisia annua

  • Song, Seung-hwan;Chang, Yung-jin;Kim, Jeong-gu;Kim, Soo-Un
    • 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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    • pp.121-121
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    • 1998
  • Artemisia annua, an indigenous plant in Korea, contains a clinically important potent antimalarial principle, artemisinin. Artemisinin is a cadinane-type sesquiterpene endoperoxide. Cadinane synthase catalyzes the first committed step in artemisinin biosynthesis by cyclizing farnesyldiphosphate. In hopes of finding a cadinane synthase gene involved in artemisinin biosynthesis, oligonucleotides were synthesized on. the basis of the consensus nucleotide sequences and Nco I restriction sites for convenience in cloning. Specifically, nucleotide sequences of two highly conserved regions were deduced from the genes of similar function of Hyoscyamus muticus, Nicotiana tabacum, Abies grandis, Lycopersicon esculentum, and Gossypium hirsutum to construct a set of primers for polymerase chain reation (PCR). A 184 bp fragment was found to be amplified by PCR, and subsequently cloned. The gene revealed 62.8% identity in nucleotide and 55.6% in amino acid sequence to correspondent gene of N. tabacum. The gene was different from another sesquiterpene cyclase gene of A. annua, germacranadiene synthase gene, recently reported by Mercke and Bordelius (1998).

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Nocardioides sp. J-326TK의 Adenosine Deaminase Gene에 관한 연구 (Studies on the Adenosine Deaminase Gene from Nocardioides sp. J-326TK)

  • 전홍기;백형석;정춘식
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제8권6호
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    • pp.673-680
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    • 1998
  • Nocardioides sp. J-326TK의 adenosine deaminase gene을 분리하기 위하여 genomic DNA를 제한효소로 무작위적으로 절단하여 pBluscript KS에 ligation시켰다. 또한 hu-man과 mouse, E. cali 등의 adenosine deaminase gene의 보존적인 부위를 primer로 합성을 하여 PCR reaction을 행하였다. Genomic DNA를 cloning시킨 pKSN60은 5kb정도의 DNA를 포함하고 있으며 sourthern hybridization 등의 여러 확인 실험을 통하여 adenosine deaminase gene을 포함하고 있다는 알았다. PCR product를 cloning시켜 형성된 recombinant plasmid를 PCR reaction의 primer로서 pTBN20를 sequencing을 행하였다. 그 결과를 다른 ade-nosine deaminase gene의 서열과 비교를 하였는데 미생물인 E. coli와는 nucleotide sequence는 99.5%, amino acid sequence는 98.9%의 homology를 나타내고 human과는 각각 59.5%, 46.8%의 homolosy를 나타내었다.

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Isolation and Sequence Analysis of Two Ornithine Decarboxylase Antizyme Genes from Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

  • LEE JAE HYUNG;SEO YONG BAE;YOON MOON YOUNG;CHOI JUNG DO;KIM YOUNG TAE
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.321-329
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    • 2005
  • Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) antizyme is a key regulatory protein in the control of cellular polyamines. We have isolated two distinct ODC antizyme cDNA clones (AZS and AZL) from a flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) brain cDNA library. Their sequences revealed that both clones required translational frameshifting for expression. Taking + 1 frameshifting into account, AZS and AZL products were 221 and 218 amino acid residues long, respectively, and shared $83.3\%$ amino acid sequence identity. Comparison of the structure and nucleotide sequence of the antizyme genes showed that the genes were highly conserved in flounder, zebrafish, mouse, and human. A phylogenetic tree was constructed, based on the antizyme amino acid sequences from various species. The presence of the two types of antizyme mRNA species in brain, kidney, liver, and embryo was confirmed by using the reverse transcription­polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Northern blot analysis. Recombinant proteins of flounder ODC antizymes, containing His-Nus-S tag at the amino-terminus, were overexpressed as His-AZL and His-AZS fusion proteins in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLys by using the pET­44a(+) expression vector.

A Gene Encoding $\beta$-amylase from Saprolegnia parasitica and Its Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Kim, Hee-Ok;Park, Jeong-Nam;Shin, Dong-Jun;Lee, HwangHee Blaise;Chun, Soon-Bai;Bai, Suk
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제11권3호
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    • pp.529-533
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    • 2001
  • The ${\beta}$-Amylase cDNA fragment from the oomcete Saprolegnia parasitica was cloned by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using degenerate oligonucleotide primers derived from conserved ${\beta}$-amylase sequences. The 5'and 3'regions of the $\beta$-amylase gene were amplified using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (rACE) system. It consisted of an open reading frame of 1,350 bp for a protein of 450 amino acids. Comparison between the genomic and cDNA sequences revealed that the intron was not present in the coding region. The deduced amino acid sequence of the ${\beta}$-amylase gene had a 97% similarity to the ${\beta}$-amylase of Saprolegnia ferax, followed by 41% similarity to those of Arabidopsis thaliana, Hordeum vulgare, and Zea mays. The ${\beta}$-amylase gene was also expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by placing it under the control of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADC1) promoter.

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Structural Characteristics of Two Wheat Histone H2A Genes Encoding Distinct Types of Variants and Functional Differences in Their Promoter Activity

  • Huh, Gyung-Hye;Iwabuchi, Masaki
    • 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국식물학회 1996년도 제10회 식물생명공학심포지움 고등식물 발생생물학의 최근 진보
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    • pp.26-38
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    • 1996
  • To investigate the regulation of plant histone H2A gene expression, we isolated two H2A genes (TH254 and TH274) from wheat, which encode different types of variants. Both genes had an intron in the coding region. In the promoters, some characteristics sequences, such as Oct and Nona motifs, which are conserved among plant histone genes were also found, and they were located in a short region (about 120 bp) upstream from the putative TATA box. Analyses of promoter activity with H2A-GUS fusion genes in the transient system using tobacco protoplasts revealed novel types of positive cis-acting sequences in the TH254 promoter: a direct repeat of a 13-bp sequence (AGTTACATTATTG) and a stretch composed of an AT-rich sequence (ATATAGAAAATTAAAA) and a G-box (CACGTG). A quantitative S1 assay of the mRNA amounts from the TH254/GUS and TH274/GUG chimeric genes in stably transformed and cell cycle-synchronized tobacco cell lines showed that the promoters of both genes contained at least one cis-acting element responsible for S phase-specific expression. Histochemical analysis of transgenic tobacco plants carrying the chimeric genes showed that the promoters of the two H2A genes were both active in developing seedlings and flower organs but regulated in different manner.

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Molecular phylogeny of Indonesian Lymantria Tussock Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) based on CO I gene sequences

  • Sutrisno, Hari
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2014
  • Many species of Lymantria are important forestry pests, including L. dispar which is well known distributed from Asia to North America as an invasive species. Like of most other genera of moths, the systematic of this genus is still in dispute, especially on the monophyly and the relationship within this genus due to the fact that genus is very large and varied. This genus was morphologically defined only by a single aphomorphy. To clarify the monophyly of the genus Lymantria, to reveal the phylogenetic relationship among the Indonesian species, and to establish the genetic characters of Indonesian Lymantria, we analyzed 9 species of Indonesian Lymantria involving 33 other species distributed around the world based on nucleotide sequence variation across a 516-bp region in the CO I gene. The results showed that the base composition of this region was a high A+T biased (C: 0.3333). The results also showed that the monophyly of Lymantria was not supported by bootstrap tests at any tree building methods. Indonesian species was distributed into four different groups but the relationship among them was still in dispute. It indicates that relationships among the basal nodes (groups) proposed here were least valid due to the fact that the number of species may not be enough to represent the real number of species in the nature. Moreover CO I gene sequences alone were not able to resolve their relationships at the basal nodes. More investigations were needed by including more species and other genes that the more conserved.

감자 더뎅이병 이병괴경으로부터 분리한 Streptomyces sp. P3 균주의 유전체 해독 (Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. P3 isolated from potato scab diseased tubers)

  • 강민규;박덕환
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제54권2호
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    • pp.158-160
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    • 2018
  • Streptomyces sp. P3 균주는 대한민국 강원도 평창의 더뎅이병 이병괴경으로부터 2017년 분리되었다. 이 논문에서는 9,851,971 bp (71.2% G + C 함량)로 구성된 P3 균주의 전체염기서열을 보고한다. 지놈은 8,548개의 코딩서열, 18개의 rRNA 그리고 66개의 tRNA 유전자를 포함하고 있다. 특히 P3 균주는 감자표면과 무종자를 이용한 병원성 검정에서 병원성을 나타내지는 않았지만, 감자 더뎅이병 유발 Streptomyces들이 보유한 병원성 유전자 중 tomA 유전자만이 존재하였다. 따라서 본 논문에 제공되는 전체염기서열은 감자 더뎅이병원세균들의 병원성 획득을 위한 진화단계에서의 이해를 높이기 위한 중요한 단서가 될 것이다.