• 제목/요약/키워드: green fluorescent protein,

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Fluorescence Quenching of Green Fluorescent Protein during Denaturation by Guanidine

  • Jung, Ki-Chul;Park, Jae-Bok;Maeng, Pil-Jae;Kim, Hack-Jin
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.413-417
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    • 2005
  • Fluorescence of green fluorescent protein mutant, 2-5 GFP is observed during denaturation by guanidine. The fluorescence intensity decreases exponentially but the fluorescence lifetime does not change during denaturation. The fluorescence lifetime of the denatured protein is shorter than that of native form. As the protein structure is modified by guanidine, solvent water molecules penetrate into the protein barrel and protonate the chromophore to quench fluorescence. Most fluorescence quenchers do not affect the fluorescence of native form but accelerate the fluorescence intensity decay during denaturation. Based on the observations, a simple model is suggested for the structural change of the protein molecule during denaturation.

Production of chickens with green fluorescent protein-knockin in the Z chromosome and detection of green fluorescent protein-positive chicks in the embryonic stage

  • Kyung Soo Kang;Seung Pyo Shin;In Su Ha;Si Eun Kim;Ki Hyun Kim;Hyeong Ju Ryu;Tae Sub Park
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제36권6호
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    • pp.973-979
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    • 2023
  • Objective: The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) system, which is the most efficient and reliable tool for precisely targeted modification of the genome of living cells, has generated considerable excitement for industrial applications as well as scientific research. In this study, we developed a gene-editing and detection system for chick embryo sexing during the embryonic stage. Methods: By combining the CRISPR/Cas9 technical platform and germ cell-mediated germline transmission, we not only generated Z chromosome-targeted knockin chickens but also developed a detection system for fluorescence-positive male chicks in the embryonic stage. Results: We targeted a green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene into a specific locus on the Z chromosome of chicken primordial germ cells (PGCs), resulting in the production of ZGFP-knockin chickens. By mating ZGFP-knockin females (ZGFP/W) with wild males (Z/Z) and using a GFP detection system, we could identify chick sex, as the GFP transgene was expressed on the Z chromosome only in male offspring (ZGFP/Z) even before hatching. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that the CRISPR/Cas9 technical platform with chicken PGCs facilitates the production of specific genome-edited chickens for basic research as well as practical applications.

Non-Invasive Environmental Detection using Heat Shock Gene-Green Fluorescent Protein Fusions

  • 차형준
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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    • pp.355-356
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    • 2000
  • Three 'stress probe' plasmids were constructed and characterized which utilize a green fluorescent protein (CFP) as a non-invasive reporter to elucidate Escherichia coli cellular stress responses in quiescent or 'resting' cells. Facile detection of cellular stress levels was achieved by fusion of three heat shock stress protein promoter elements, those of the heat shock transcription factor ${\sigma}^{32}$, pretense subunit ClpB, and chaperone DnaK, to the reporter gene $gfp_{uv}$. When perturbed by chemical or physical stress (such as heat shock, nutrient (amino acid) limitation, addition of IPTG, acetic acid, ethanol, phenol, antifoam, and salt (osmotic shock), the E. coli cells produced GFPuv which was easily detected from within the cells as emitted green fluorescence. A temporal and amplitudinal mapping of these responses was performed, demonstrating regions where quantitative delineation of cell stress was afforded.

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재조합 베큘로바이러스 벡터 시스템의 신 구축 (Novel Construction of Recombinant Baculovirus Vector System)

  • 사영희;홍성갑
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보통신학회 2012년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.994-996
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구실에서는 새로운 베큘로바이러스 벡터 시스템을 구축하였다. 즉 본 벡터 시스템은 polyhedron promoter, vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSVG), polyA, cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter, enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), protein transduction domain (PTD)을 코딩하는 유전자들로 구성 되어있다. 이렇게 새로이 제작된 베큘로바이러스 벡터 시스템과 대조군의 벡터 시스템과 효율과 발현율을 비교하였다. 그 결과 본 연구실에서 제작된 베큘로바이러스 벡터 시스템이 다른 대조군의 벡터 시스템에 비해 효과적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

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A Green Fluorescent Protein-based Whole-Cell Bioreporter for the Detection of Phenylacetic Acid

  • Kim, Ju-Hyun;Jeon, Che-Ok;Park, Woo-Jun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제17권10호
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    • pp.1727-1732
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    • 2007
  • Phenylacetic acid (PAA) is produced by many bacteria as an antifungal agent and also appears to be an environmentally toxic chemical. The object of this study was to detect PAA using Pseudomonas putida harboring a reporter plasmid that has a PAA-inducible promoter fused to a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 was used to construct a green fluorescent protein-based reporter fusion using the paaA promoter region to detect the presence of PAA. The reporter strain exhibited a high level of gfp expression in minimal medium containing PAA; however, the level of GFP expression diminished when glucose was added to the medium, whereas other carbon sources, such as succinate and pyruvate, showed no catabolic repression. Interestingly, overexpression of a paaF gene encoding PAA-CoA ligase minimized catabolic repression. The reporter strain could also successfully detect PAA produced by other PAA-producing bacteria. This GFP-based bioreporter provides a useful tool for detecting bacteria producing PAA.

Use of In Vivo and In Vitro Systems to Select Leishmania amazonensis Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein

  • Costa, Solange Dos Santos;Golim, Marjorie De Assis;Bergmann, Bartira Rossi;Costa, Fabio Trindade Maranhao;Giorgio, Selma
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제49권4호
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    • pp.357-364
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    • 2011
  • Various Leishmania species were engineered with green fluorescent protein (GFP) using episomal vectors that encoded an antibiotic resistance gene, such as aminoglycoside geneticin sulphate (G418). Most reports of GFP-Leishmania have used the flagellated extracellular promastigote, the stage of parasite detected in the midgut of the sandfly vector; fewer studies have been performed with amastigotes, the stage of parasite detected in mammals. In this study, comparisons were made regarding the efficiency for in vitro G418 selection of GFP-Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes and amastigotes and the use of in vivo G418 selection. The GFP-promastigotes retained episomal plasmid for a prolonged period and G418 treatment was necessary and efficient for in vitro selection. In contrast, GFP-amastigotes showed low retention of the episomal plasmid in the absence of G418 selection and low sensitivity to antibiotics in vitro. The use of protocols for G418 selection using infected BALB/c mice also indicated low sensitivity to antibiotics against amastigotes in cutaneous lesions.

소 수정란에서 Green Fluorescent Protein 유전자 검색 및 PCR에 의한 성감별 (Screening of Green Fluorescent Protein Gene and Sexing by PCR in Bovine Embryos)

  • 이효종;강태영;노규진;채영진;이항;최상용
    • 한국수정란이식학회지
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.157-165
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    • 2000
  • The efficiency of transgenic livestock production could be improved by early screening of transgene-integration and sexing of embryos at preimplantational stages before trasferring them into recipients. We examined the effciency of multiplex PCR analysis for the simultaneous confirmation of the trasgene and sex during the preimplantational development of bovine embryos and the possibility of green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene as a non-invasive marker for the early screening of transgenic embryos. The GFP gene was microinjected into the male pronuclei of bovine zygotes produced in vitro. The injected zygotes were co-cultured in TCM-199 containing 10% FCS with boving oviductal epithelial cells in a 5% CO2 incubator. Seventeen(13.0%) out of 136 gene-injected bovine zygotes developed by multiplex PCR analysis and the expression of GFP was detected by observing green fluorescence in embryos under a fluorescent microscope. Eight(67%) of 12 embryos at 2-cell to blastocyst stage were positive in the PCR analysis, but only two(11.8%) of 17 blastocysts expressed the GFP gene. Their sex was determined as 7 female and 5 male embryos by the PCR analysis. The results indicate that the screening of GFP gene and sex in bovine embryos by PCR analysis and fluorescence detection could be a promisible method for the preselection of transgenic embryos.

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Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in Tobacco Containing Low Nicotine for the Development of Edible Vaccine

  • Kim Young-Sook;Kim Mi-Young;Kang Tae-Jin;Kwon Tae-Ho;Jang Yong-Suk;Yang Moon-Sik
    • 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.

Improved T-Vector for the Cloning of PCR DNA Using Green Fluorescent Protein

  • Park, Kill-Soon;Park, Seong-Weon;Choi, Soon-Yong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.264-266
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    • 2000
  • A new GFP-based T-vector for cloning of PCR products was developed by using a green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a mafker. In order to facilitate the DNA inserts, multiple restriction sites, SP6 and T7 RNA polymerase promoter sites, were introduced close to the PCR DNA insertion site of a pCRGv vector. The XcmI-digested pHNT plasmid can be used to clone a 3' A-overhanged PCR DNA amplified by Taq DNA polymerase. A potential method of easing some difficulties from its use along with its cost savings proveded by this vector are likely to lead to the replacement of other T-vectors for PCR DNA cloning.

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