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Analysis of the Glycinin Gy2 Promoter Activity in Soybean Protoplasts and Transgenic Tobacco Plants (대두 원형질체와 형질전환된 담배에서의 대두 glycinin 유전자 Gy2 promoter의 발현조절 기작)

  • Kim, Soo-Jung;Lee, Jee-Young;Kim, Chung-Ho;Choi, Yang-Do
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.387-392
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    • 1995
  • To study the regulatory expression mechanism of soybean glycinin gone, Gy2, the 5' upstream region of the gene was searched for the presence of putative regulatory elements by nucleotide sequencing. It revealed various kinds of regulatory sequence elements commonly found in plant storage protein genes. There were canonical promoter sequences, TATA box (TATAAT) and AGGA box (GAAT) which are common in the 5' upstream region of the plant genes. The embryo factor binding sequence, RY repeat, CACA sequences, ${\alpha}$-conglycinin enhancer-like sequences were also found. To delineate the function of these sequences, 5' upstream deletion mutants of Gy2 were prepared and fused to the ${\alpha}$-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. Each chimeric construct was transferred into soybean protoplasts for transient assay, which led to the identification of the sequences between -281 and -223, -170 and -122, of Gy2 promoter as negative regulatory elements, and the sequences between -223 and -170, -122 and -16 as positive regulatory elements. These results are consistent in transformed tobacco plants as well. The serially deleted promoter fragments fused to the GUS were transformed into Nicotiana tabacum by Agrobacterium tumefaciens using the binary vector system. GUS activity of Gy2 promoter deletion constructs was detected only in seeds but not in leaves with different levels of expression as in transient assay. These results suggest that the glycinin Gy2 promoter drives a tissue-specific expression in transgenic tobacco plants.

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Sequence Analysis of iap Gene PCR Products using Listeria monocytogenes Serotypes

  • Kang Sun-Mo;Kang Ji-Hee;Lee Myung-Suk
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.54-58
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    • 2002
  • The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification technique was used for comparison of Listeria monocytogenes serotypes. PCR primers for the fragment of invasion-associated protein (iap) gene were highly specific for all the serotypes of L. monocytogenes. Other Listeria spp., such as Listeria ivanovii and Listeria innocua were not produced the PCR fragments by above primer set. The nucleotide sequences of PCR products showed high homologies in comparison of all the isolated serotypes except unknown type II-2. The deduced amino acid sequences of the PCR products also showed similar to one another. The various region of the PCR products, called a Thr-Asn repeat region was presented. All of isolated L. monocytogenes serotypes possessed 16 to 20 Thr-Asn repeats.

Evaluation of Nonanchored Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) Marker to Detect DNA Damage in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Exposed to Acrylamide

  • Enan, Mohamed R.
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 2008
  • Acrylamide is present as a contaminant in heated food products, predominantly from the precursor asparagine. Nonanchored inter simple sequence repeats (ISSRs) are arbitrary multiloci markers produced by PCR amplification with a microsatellite primer. In order to assess the feasibility of microsatellite primers as markers for DNA damage, the study was conducted on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) exposed to different concentrations of acrylamide. Polymorphisms were abundant among plant samples treated with acrylamide in comparison to control (untreated one) tested with 4- tri-nucleotide, 2 tetra-nucleotide, and 3- dinucelotide primers. The primer (CCG)4 was the best tested primer to generate polymorphism between the DNA of plants treated or not by acrylamide. Polymorphisms became evident as the presence and absence of DNA fragments in treated samples compared with the untreated one. The highest number of DNA variation on ISSR patterns was observed at the micromollar concentrations of acrylamide. Acrylamide was able to induce DNA damage in non concentration-dependent manner with effectiveness at micromollar concentrations. This study demonstrated that ISSR markers can be highly reliable for identification of DNA damage induced by acrylamide.

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Species Dependence of Neurofilament Structures: Monte Carlo Simulation studies of Residue-Based Neurofilament Models

  • Kim, Seon-Ok
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2014.03a
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    • pp.225-235
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    • 2014
  • 6종의 Intermediate filament 중 type IV인 Neurofilaments (NFs)는 신경세포에 존재하는 세포골격세사로 heavy NF(NF-H), medium NF(NF-M), light NF(NF-L) 세가지의 분자 질량 단백질로 구성되어 있다. NF의 side arm은 interfilament spacing과 axonal caliber를 조절하는 중요한 역할을 한다고 생각되어왔다. 또한 이에 대해서 각각의 protein의 역할은 알아내기 위해 isolated NF의 형태와 구조에 대해 많은 연구가 이루어졌는데, NF의 구조적 특성은 NF sidearm의 tail 부분에서 phosphorylation의 정도에 따른 Lys-Ser-Pro(KSP) repeats의 charge distribution을 통해 알 수 있다. 지금까지 NF에 대한 많은 연구가 이루어졌지만 인간에 한해서만 진행되었다. 그렇기 때문에 본 연구에서는 주어진 amino acid sequence와 각 species의 NF-H:NF-M:NF-L의 비율의 정보를 이용하여 The constant-NVT ensemble MC simulation을 통해 인간뿐만이 아닌 다른 species에 대한 NF의 구조적 특성을 알아보고자 한다.

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Nucleotide Sequence of a Proteinase Inhibitor I Gene in Potato (감자에 존재하는 단백질분해효소 억제제 I 유전자의 염기서열)

  • 이종섭
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.67-78
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    • 1989
  • Hybridization of DNA isolated from leaves of Russet Burbank potato with tomato cDNA as a probe revealed the presence of about ten inhibitor 1 genes in the genome. Screening of a genomic library of Russet Burbank potato resulted in isolation of seven different genomic clones carrying inhibitor I genes. One of the genomic clones, clone 2, contained two EcoRI fragments of 3.4 and 1.8 kb in size, respectively, which were hybridized with the probe. The nucleotide sequence of parts of the hybridizing EcoRI fragments revealed that they contain a complete gene which codes for an open reading frame of 107 amino acids. It is interrupted by two intervening sequences of 502 and 493 bp, situated at the positions of codons 17 and 43, respectively, of the open reading frame. Putative regulatory sequences, TATAAA and CCACT, were found at the 5' flanking region. In addition, a copy of a 100 bp repeat found at a tomato inhibitor I gene was identified.

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PLP-1 Binds Nematode Double-stranded Telomeric DNA

  • Im, Seol Hee;Lee, Junho
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.297-302
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    • 2005
  • The integrity and proper functioning of telomeres require association of telomeric DNA sequences with specific binding proteins. We have characterized PLP-1, a $PUR{\alpha}$ homolog encoded by F45E4.2, which we previously identified as a candidate double stranded telomere binding protein, by affinity chromatography followed by mass spectrometry. PLP-1 bound double-stranded telomeric DNA in vitro as shown by competition assays. Core binding was provided by the third and fourth nucleotides of the TTAGGC telomeric repeat. This is quite different from the binding sequence of CEH-37, another C. elegans telomere binding protein, suggesting that multiple proteins may bind nematode telomeric DNA simultaneously in vivo.

The complete chloroplast genome of Campsis grandiflora (Bignoniaceae)

  • PARK, Jongsun;XI, Hong
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.156-172
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    • 2022
  • Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K. Schum is an ornamental species with various useful biological effects. The chloroplast genome of C. grandiflora isolated in Korea is 154,293 bp long (GC ratio: 38.1%) and has four subregions: 84,121 bp of large single-copy (36.2%) and 18,521 bp of small single-copy (30.0%) regions are separated by 24,332 bp of inverted repeat (42.9%) regions including 132 genes (87 protein-coding genes, eight rRNAs, and 37 tRNAs). One single-nucleotide polymorphism and five insertion and deletion (INDEL) regions (40-bp in total) were identified, indicating a low level of intraspecific variation in the chloroplast genome. All five INDEL regions were linked to the repetitive sequences. Seventy-two normal simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and 47 extended SSRs were identified to develop molecular markers. The phylogenetic trees of 29 representative Bignoniaceae chloroplast genomes indicate that the tribe-level phylogenic relationship is congruent with the findings of previous studies.

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Dracocephalum rupestre (Lamiaceae)

  • Young-Soo KIM;Sang-Chul KIM;Young-Ho HA;Hyuk-Jin KIM
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 2022
  • Dracocephalum rupestre Hance is a perennial herb distributed across China, Mongolia, and Korea. This study reports the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of D. rupestre. The plastome is 151,230 bp long and exhibits a typical quadripartite structure comprising a large single-copy region of 82,536 bp, a small single-copy region of 17,408 bp, and a pair of identical inverted repeat regions of 25,643 bp each. It contains 130 genes, comprising 85 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis of D. rupestre and related species of Lamiaceae showed that the genus Dracocephalum is a monophyletic group, and D. rupestre is most closely related to D. psammophilum.