• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2008

다섯 종류의 가지과 식물을 대상으로 elicitor에 의해 생합성 되는 capsidiol의 함량을 측정하고 생합성에 관련된 P450 효소의 활성과 관련 유전자 발현을 조사하였다. 고추, 피망 및 담배는 capsidiol의 생합성에 관련된 두개의 유전자인 cyclase와 P450 유전자가 세포내에 존재하였고, elicitor의 처리에 의하여 유전자의 발현이 유도되고 효소의 촉매가 이루어 졌다. 가지세포에는 두개의 유전자가 게놈상에 존재하지만 P450 유전자는 발현되나, cyclase 유전자의 발현은 나타나지 않았다. 감자에는 capsidiol의 생합성에 관련된 P450 및 cyclase 유전자 모두가 존재하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 본 실험에 사용된 P450과 cyclase 유전자는 식물이 정상상태에 있을 때는 전혀 발현되지 않으나 elicitor에 의해 특이적으로 유도 되는 특징을 보였고, 식물체 조직이나 기관별로 다양한 발현 양상을 보였다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2018

In December 2016, stem rot symptoms were observed on Persian buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) plants in Chilgok, Gyeongbuk, Korea. In the early stage of the disease, several black spots appeared on the stem of infected plants. As the disease progressed, the infected stem cleaved and wilted. The causal agent was isolated from a lesion and incubated on Reasoner's 2A (R2A) agar at $25^{\circ}C$. Total genomic DNA was extracted for phylogenetic analysis. Based on the 16S rRNA gene analysis, the isolated strain was found to belong to the genus Pseudomonas. To identify the isolated bacterial strain at the species level, the nucleotide sequences of the gyrase B (gyrB) and RNA polymerase D (rpoD) genes were obtained and compared with the sequences in the GenBank database. As the result, the causal agent of the stem rot disease was identified as Pseudomonas marginalis. To determine the pathogenicity of the isolated bacterial strain, it was inoculated into the stem of healthy R. asiaticus plant, the inoculated plant showed a lesion with the same characteristics as the naturally infected plant. Based on these results, this is the first report of bacterial stem rot on R. asiaticus caused by P. marginalis in Korea.

• 식물병연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.21-24
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• 2014

Plasmodiophora brassicae는 십자화과 작물에 뿌리혹병을 일으키는 주요 병원균이다. 본 연구에서는 뿌리혹병균의 신속 정확한 검출을 위해서 뿌리혹병균에 대한 새로운 종 특이적 프라이머를 개발하고자 하였다. 새롭게 개발된 프라이머들은 10종의 주요 토양병원균을 비롯하여 기주인 배추 DNA와는 반응하지 않고 P. brassicae와만 반응하는 특이성을 갖고 있었다. 그 가운데 Primer ITS1-1/1-2는 민감도 검정 결과, 10 spores/ml의 DNA까지 검출이 가능함으로써, first round PCR용임에도 불구하고 이전의 검출법 보다 감도가 높고 정확한 결과를 얻었다. Quantitative real-time PCR로 분석할 경우에는 더 적은 수의 포자까지 안정적으로 검출해 낼 수 있어 새로운 P. brassicae 종 특이적 프라이머로서의 유용성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.526-534
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• 2010

Genomes of clusters of related eukaryotes are now being sequenced at an increasing rate. In this paper, we developed an accurate, low-cost method for annotation of gene prediction and exon-intron structure. The gene prediction was adapted for delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate-synthetase (p5cs) gene from China wild-type of the halophytic Leymus chinensis (Trin.), naturally adapted to highly-alkali soils. Due to complex adaptive mechanisms in halophytes, more attentions are being paid on the regulatory elements of stress adaptation in halophytes. P5CS encodes delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate-synthetase, a key regulatory enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of proline, that has direct correlation with proline accumulation in vivo and positive relationship with stress tolerance. Using analysis of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and PCR, and direct sequencing, 1076 base pairs (bp) of cDNA in length and 2396 bp of genomic DNA in length were obtained from direct sequencing results. Through gene prediction and exon-intron structure verification, the full-length of cDNA sequence was divided into eight parts, with seven parts of intron insertion. The average lengths of determinated coding regions and non-coding regions were 154.17 bp and 188.57 bp, respectively. Nearly all splice sites displayed GT as the donor sites at the 5' end of intron region, and 71.43% displayed AG as the acceptor sites at the 3' end of intron region. We conclude that this method is a cost-effective way for obtaining an experimentally verified genome annotation.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.151-155
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• 2000

A cDNA (Oslls1) encoding Lls1-homologue of maize was isolated from cDNA library of rice (Oryza sativa cv. Ilpum). The 2,138 bp of full length Oslls1 clone contains an open reading frame of 1,623 nucleotides encoding 575 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of Oslls1 has a high level of homology with chlorophyll a oxygenases of Arabidopsis thaliana (67%) and Marchantia polymorpha (65%). Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA indicates the existence of a small gene family for Oslls1 in the rice genome. The expression of Oslls1 mRNA was induced in leaves and germinating seeds. Treatment of $H_2O$$_2$significantly down-regulated Oslls1 expression. The expression of Oslls1 mRNA was consititutively down-regulated in the blm, a rice mutant exhibiting spontaneous necrotic lesions. These results suggest that this Oslls1 gene may be involved incell death mechanisms in the blm mutant of rice.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2008

Cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H) is a key enzyme of phenylpropanoid pathway, which leads a variety of secondary metabolites to participate in differentiation and protection of plant against environmental stresses. In this study, we isolated a full-length cDNA of the C4H gene from a black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis L.), using a reverse transcriptase-PCR and rapid amplification of the cDNA ends (RACE)-PCR. The full-length cDNA of the RocC4H gene contained a 1,515 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 504 amino acid protein with a calculated molecular weight of about 57.9 kDa and an isoelectric point (pI) value of 9.1. The genomic DNA analysis revealed that RocC4H gene had three exons and two introns. By multiple sequence alignment, RocC4H protein was highly homologous with other plant C4Hs, and the cytochrome P450-featured motifs, such as the heme-binding domain, the T-containing binding pocket motif (AAIETT), the ERR triad, and the tetrapeptide (PPGP) hinge motif, were highly conserved. Southern blot analysis revealed that RocC4H is a single copy gene in R. occidentalis.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.839-848
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• 2015

분자 마커는 유기체에서 다른 유기체와 분자적 수준에서 식별하는 마커이다. 유전적 분석을 위한 분자 마커의 발달은 식물 유전학, 다양한 구조와 가능을 이해하는데 기여하였다. DNA 마커는 임의유전자 증폭에서 다형성을 탐지하는 기법이나 방법(예를 들면 서든 블로팅, 핵산 교잡법, PCR을 이용한 중합효소 연쇄 증폭 반응, DNA 서열화)으로 RFLP, AFLP, RAPD, SSR, SNP 등을 이용하였고 현재에도 이용하고 있다. 최근 기능성 유전자를 이용한 기능성 마커가 각광을 받고 있다. 기능성 마커는 다형성 서열에서 유래한 것으로 표현형 변이를 내포하고 있다. 이런 개념에서 출발한 기능성 마커는 모든 유전자를 타깃으로 할 수 있으나 식물에서는 P450, 튜블린 형성 유전자의 다형성(TBPs), 전이요소 마커(TEMs), 병원균 저항성 유전자 마커(RGMs), RNA를 기반으로 한 마커(RBMs) 등이 널리 이용되고 있다. 본 연구는 Poczai 등의 총설을 기반으로 구성하였다. 식물에서 이런 분자 마커의 이용은 식물의 분화, 진화, 생리적 기능성 유전자의 변화 등 생물학 전반에 관한 정보 획득에 도움을 될 것이다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2000

To analyze molecular traits determining pigmentation between Pharbitis nill violet and white, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism(AFLP) and Differential Display Reverse Transcription(DDRT) experiments were carried out with either genomic DNAs or total RNAs isolated from both plants. Results of AFLP experiment in combination of 8 EcoRⅠ primers with 6 MseⅠ primers showed 41 violet-and 60 white-specific DNA bands. In the subsequent experiment, 22 violet-and 22 white-specific DNA fragments were amplified by PCR with DNAs eluted. The sizes of the fragments range from 200 to 600bp. DDRT using total RNA produced 19 violet-and 17 white-specific cDNA fragments, ranging from 200 to 600bp. The fragments obtained by both AFLP and DDRT had been cloned into pGEM T-easy vector, amplified and subjected to the nucleotide sequence analyses. As a result of Blast sequence analysis, most of them sequenced up to date showed no similarity to any Known gene, while few has similarity to known animal or plant genes. An AFLP clone V6, for example, has a strong sequence similarity to the human transcription factor LZIP-alpha mRNA and a DDRT clone W19 to Solanum tuberosum 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase mRNA.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2017

Implementation of crop improvement programs relies on genetic diversity. To overcome the limited occurrence of natural mutations, researchers and breeders applied diverse methods, ranging from conventional crossing to classical bio-technologies. Earlier generations of knockout and gain-of-function technologies often result in incomplete gene disruption or random insertions of transgenes into plant genomes. The newly developed editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9 system, not only provides a powerful platform to efficiently modify target traits, but also broadens the scope and prospects of genome editing. Customized Cas9/guide RNA (gRNA) systems suitable for efficient genomic modification of mammalian cells or plants have been reported. Following successful demonstration of this technology in mammalian cells, CRISPR/Cas9 was successfully adapted in plants, and accumulating evidence of its feasibility has been reported in model plants and major crops. Recently, a modified version of CRISPR/Cas9 with added novel functions has been developed that enables programmable direct irreversible conversion of a target DNA base. In this review, we summarized the milestone applications of CRISPR/Cas9 in plants with a focus on major crops. We also present the implications of an improved version of this technology in the current plant breeding programs.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.374-380
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• 2004

Production of therapeutic proteins by transgenic plant cell suspension cultures is an attractive system alternative to the other expression system. However, plant cell cultures have shown low expression level of foreign proteins and decreased cell viability by the changes of culture conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance cell viability during the culture period. In this study, a quantitative analysis technique was designed to measure relative cell viability for plant suspension cells which have cell wall and aggregates. It was found that the programmed cell death of plant cells by apoptosis was essentially linked with the apoptotic pathway of animal cells. Therefore, effects of nicotinamide, 3-aminobenzamide and antioxidants on cell viability and apoptosis were examined in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum cells producing hGM-CSF. With those additives, cell viability could be maintained and apoptosis could be redued. In the result, the extracellular production of hGM-CSF could be enhanced 2.5 fold. It was also found that the supplementation of glutathione and ascorbic acid suppressed both the cold stress-induced decrease in cell viability and the increase of total genomic DNA fragmentation.