• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.607-618
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• 2020

microRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNA molecules involved in the regulation of gene expression. miRNAs inhibit gene expression by binding to the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of their target gene. miRNAs can originate from transposable elements (TEs), which comprise approximately half of the eukaryotic genome and one type of TE, called the long terminal repeat (LTR) is found in class of retrotransposons. Amongst the miRNAs derived from LTR, hsa-miR-3681 was chosen and analyzed using bioinformatics tools and experimental analysis. Studies on hsa-miR-3681 have been scarce and this study provides the relative expression analysis of hsa-miR-3681-5p from humans, chimpanzees, crab-eating monkeys, and mice. Luciferase assay for hsa-miR-3681-5p and its target gene SHISA7 supports our hypothesis that the number of miRNA binding sites affects target gene expression. Especially, the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) and hsa-miR-3681-5p share the binding sites in the 3' UTR of SHISA7, which leads the enhancer function of hsamiR-3681-5p to inhibit the activity of VNTR. In conclusion, hsa-miR-3681-5p acts as a super-enhancer and the enhancer function of hsa-miR-3681-5p acts as a repressor of VNTR activity in the 3' UTR of SHISA7.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1995년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.338.1-338
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• 1995

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.223.1-223
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• 1996

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 공동 춘계학술대회
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• pp.37-39
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• 1997

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 2001년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.249.2-249
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• 2001

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.223.2-223
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• 1996

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• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.224.1-224
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• 1996

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• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.6715-6721
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• 2015

최근 실종자, 변사자, 미아 등의 유전자 분석 자료는 지속적으로 증가하고 있으나, 현재 친자확인을 위한 통계학적 계산은 대부분 수기에 의하거나 엑셀을 통해서 이루어지고 있다. 따라서 유전자 분석 자료 중 상염색체 Short Tandem Repeat (STR)을 체계적으로 관리하고 효과적으로 분석할 수 있는 소프트웨어의 개발이 필요하다. 친자관계 및 혈연관계를 다양한 옵션 하에서 용이하게 분석하는 웹 기반 유전자자료 분석시스템이 광범위한 테스트 없이 약 20개월의 연구를 통해서 개발되었다. 친자관계 분석을 위해서 부계지수 계산 알고리즘을 사용하였고, 혈연관계 분석을 위해서 Identity by descent (IBD) 공식을 사용하였다. 이 시스템은 실제 데이터를 기반으로 혈연관계지수와 친자확률이 검증됨으로써 신뢰성이 확보됨은 물론, 대량 재난 재해 시 발생될 유전자 분석 자료의 관리 및 분석에 효과적으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다. 이 외에도 본 시스템은 데이터베이스와 알고리즘의 통합 환경, 사용자 중심 인터페이스, 프로세스 자동화 등 고급기능을 포함한다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2008

To investigate if there are tandem repeats in iNOS gene in Korean genome we applied PCR amplification followed by DNA sequencing. Tandem repeats we were looking at were (AAAT)n in the promoter region. Totally, 65 people were subjected for this experiment. Twenty of them were patients with metabolic disease. Only $(AAAT)_4$ was found in all of these Korean samples. This result was somewhat different trom the data for Caucasians and other Asian people. So, we assume this is specific VNTR (variable number of tandem repeat) in Korean which can be used for the purpose of diagnosis and for the differentiation of ethnic groups.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1719-1723
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• 2014

Background: The current study was aimed to elucidate the association of thymidylate synthase (TYMS) 5'-UTR 28bp tandem repeat and cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase (cSHMT) C1420T polymorphisms with acute leukemia in South Indian subjects. A total of 812 subjects [523 healthy controls, 148 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cases and 141 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases] were screened for TYMS 5'-UTR 28bp tandem repeat and cSHMT C1420T using PCR-AFLP and PCR-with confronting two-pair primers (CTPP) approaches. TYMS 5'-UTR 2R allele frequencies of controls, ALL and AML cases were 35.3%, 28.0% and 30.1% respectively. This polymorphism conferred protection against ALL (OR: 0.71, 95%CI: 0.53-0.96) while showing no statistically significant association with AML (OR: 0.79, 95%CI: 0.58, 1.07). The cSHMT variant allele (T-) frequencies of ALL and AML cases (6.42% and 5.68% respectively) were significantly lower compared to controls (58.3%). This polymorphism conferred protection against ALL (OR: 0.049, 95%CI: 0.029-0.081) and AML (OR: 0.043, 95%CI: 0.025-0.074). The TYMS 5'-UTR 2R2R genotype was associated with a lower total leukocyte count, smaller percentage of blasts, and more adequate platelet count compared to 2R3R and 3R3R genotypes in ALL cases. No such genotype-dependent differences were observed in AML cases. ALL cases carrying the cSHMT C1420T polymorphism showed higher disease free survival compared to those with the wild genotype. To conclude, the TYMS 5'-UTR 28bp tandem repeat reduces risk for ALL while cSHMT C1420T reduces risk for both ALL and AML. Both also influence disease progression in ALL.