• ALGAE
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2007

The red tide-causing flagellate Chattonella anticfua can cause mass fish kills by their clogging in fish gills. Thisstudy examined the nutrient requirements of C. antiqua isolated from Korea. C. anticfua displayed maximum growthat the day five, followed by a decrease in cell density. Nitrate and nitrite were the preferred nitrogen sources, alonewith adenosine diphosphate for phosphorus compounds. In medium that contained ammonium, a significantdecrease in cell density was observed. Half-saturation constants, Ks, calculated from the maximum growth ratewere 4.94 U|M for NC>3 and 0.79 flM for P04. The growth of C. antiqua was not within the function of the N:P ratio (RU= 0.29). With an N:P ratio as low as 10, the increase in cell density was apparent, with a higher division rate. At lev-els above 50 fiM of NaNOg or 8 ;uM of NaHUPCU, the growth rates were somewhat decreased. Phosphate was thelimiting factor for C. antiqua growth since the starvation of phosphate had brought about a rapid decrease in celldensity in semi-continuous culture. Studies about the temporal modification of the efficiency of nitrate or phosphateuptake may be necessary to explain the bloom dynamics of C. antiaua.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.153-160
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• 1982

The kinetics of $^{14}C$ fixation have been investigated in Anabaena flos-aquae growing on ${NH}_4+$,$NO_3-$ and $NO_2-N$ in batch cultures. Growth rate was highest with ${NH}_4+$, followed by $NO_2-$ and finally $NO_2$. The compensation intensity($I_0$) and the half-saturation irradiance($K_1$) with $K_1$ were higher than with other N sources, but the maximum C fixation rate($P_{max}$) was lower. The ($P_{max}$)/$K_1$ ratio, which is analogous to quantum efficiency at low irradiance ranges, was also lower with $N_2$. All these parameters except $K_1$ decrease with culture age, or decreasing growth rate. Since $^{14}C$ uptake measures net photosynthesis, the higher values of $I_0$ and $K_1$, and the low values of $P_{max}$/$K_1$ ratio with $N_2$ appear to be related to the high energy demand of $N_2$fixation. They may also be related to the lox maximum growth rate with $NO_2-N$.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.303-309
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• 1991

Limitation of photosynthesis in detached Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L.) leaves was induced by feeding of mannose (25 mM) for 12 h in the light, and changes in the basic thylakoid functions under this condition were investigated. The acid soluble phosphate contend and CO2 uptake rate was decreased by 66% and 67%, respectively. However, the starch content was increased by 24% compared to those of controls. From the fast induction curves of chlorophyll fluorescence, dark level fluorescence (Fo) slightly increased while intermediate plateau fluorescence level (FI) to peak level fluorescence (Fp) transient was significantly decreased with a slight decrease in the Fo-to-FI transient. This data means that reduction of secondary electron acceptor of PSII (QB) might be more severely inhibited than that of primary electron acceptor of PSII (QA) by decrease in phosphate level. The strong decline of (Fv)m//Fm ratio suggests that efficiency of excitation energy capture by PSII was decreased markedly. The quenching of Fo (qO), an indicator of state transition, was also occurred over the slow induction kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence. From quenching analysis, fluorescence was dominantly quenched by nonphotochemical quenchings (qE+qT). These results showed that the capture and transfer efficiency of excitation energy to PSII reaction center in thylakoid was decreased with the decline of leaf phosphate level, and that the state transition was occurred during the induction of photosynthesis under these conditions.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.139-146
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• 1998

Recombinant polioviruses have been developed by many research groups for use as vaccine vector because poliovirus induces mucosal immunity as well as humoral immunity through oral uptake. We assessed the potential use of poliovirus as a T-cell epitope carrier. Recombinant poliovirus V129 5L was constructed to have a substituted T-helper epitope from the core protein of Hepatitis B virus at neutralization antigenic site 1 on its VP1 capsid protein. The recombinant virus replicated less efficiently than type 1 poliovirus Mahoney strain. The V129 5L formed a little smaller plaques than the Mahoney strain and showed some 1.25 log unit lower titer at the peak in the one-step growth kinetics though it had similar growth profile to that of the Mahoney strain. Since V129 5L recombinant virus was genetically stable even after 24 successive passages in HeLa cells, the antigenic site 1 on VP1 capsid protein was confirmed for its ability of carrying T cell epitope. The genetic stability of V129 5L also indicated that recombinant poliovirus can be successfully utilized for the development of the multivalent vaccines.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.1638-1642
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• 2010

Mesoporous carbon CMK-3s with different textural properties have been used for the adsorption of phenol to understand the necessary physicochemical properties of carbon for the efficient removal of phenol from contaminated water. The kinetic constants (both pseudo-second order and pseudo-first-order kinetics) increase with increasing pore size of carbons. The maximum adsorption capacities correlate well with micropore volume compared with surface area or total pore volume even though large pore (meso or macropore) may contribute partly to the adsorption. The pore occupancies also explain the importance of micropore for the phenol adsorption. For efficient removal of phenol, carbon adsorbents should have large micropore volume and wide pore size for high uptake and rapid adsorption, respectively.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2011

In the synthesis of nanoparticles, much attention has been paid to regulating the particle size. There has been a possible evident that using the central cavity (core) of the protein ferritin has a greatly significant influence on it because the core can generate the nanometer-sized mineral particles of variable metal ions. In this report, recombinant human L-ferritins produced from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were purified and their molecular properties were characterized. The cDNA for human ferritin L chain was also expressed in another host such as Escherichia coli, and the properties of recombinant L-ferritins were compared. From isoelectric focusing experiment, the L-ferritin from the recombinant yeast showed no indication of N-glycosylation. Some post-translational modifications other than N-glycosylation were speculated in the L-ferritins from yeast. A difference was made in the L-ferritins in their iron uptake rates and the initial rate of the L-ferritin from yeast was slightly increased. The reconstitution yield and size distribution of the core minerals were analyzed in the L-ferritins by transmission electron microscopy. The L-ferritin from yeast with higher reconstitution yield (54.5%) showed slightly larger sizes (mean 6.92 nm) with narrower size distribution than the L-ferritin from E. coli. It is, in conclusion, speculated that L-ferritin from yeast is relatively superior to the other, in view of the size of nanoparticle and its relative homogeneity.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2003

PTT[Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)] fibers was annealed by passing on the plate heater to illuminate the effects of annealing on the alkaline hydrolysis behavior properties with varying the treatment temperature for 0.5 second. The L010 and crystallinity were increased with increases in temperature. With the increases of the temperature, the dynamic viscoelastic behaviors were analyzed to be reduction in $T_{max}(tan\;\delta)$. The weight loss in alkaline solution was two times more rapid for the PTT annealed at $200^\circ{C}$ than the control samples. The kinetics of hydrolysis was confirmed that the hydrolysis of the PTT fibers in the alkaline solution was started from the surface of the fibers and selective to the amorphous region in continuation, on the basis of the results of the increase in crystallinity and the decrease in dye uptake at the initial stage of the hydrolysis.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2006

목 적: 양전자방출단층검사(Fluorine-18 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose positron emission tomography : $^{18}F-FDG$ PET)는 가시적 영상분석과 반정량적 섭취계수 분석 방법을 사용하여 폐의 염증성 질환과 폐암을 구별 및 진단하는 데 유용하다. 일반적으로 표준화섭취계수(Standardized Uptake Value : SUV)가 폐 질환의 진단에 사용되지만, 이는 폐 조직에 있어서 반정량적, 정량적 분석을 통한 동적인 정보를 포함하지 않는다. 그러므로, 본 연구는 $^{18}F-FDG$ PET 검사에서 폐 질환의 동적 섭취 분석이 보다 정확한 대상질환의 진단을 유용하게 할 수 있을 것이라는 가정하에 시간-방사능 곡선(Time-Activity Curve: TAC), 표준화섭취계수-동적곡선(Standardized Uptake Value-Dynamic Curve : SUV-DC), 패트락 분석법(Patlak analysis : Glucose Metabolic Rate(MRGlu))을 토대로 얻은 분석방법을 이용하여 진단적 유용성을 평가하였다. 대상 및 방법: 폐 질환을 가진 17명의 환자를 대상을 하여, 각각 60분간 Dynamic $^{18}F-FDG$ PET검사를 시행하였다. 획득한 정보를 통하여 폐질환의 형태를 따라 관심영역(Region of Interest: ROI)를 그린 후, 반정량적 분석인 TAC, SUV-DC와 정량적 분석인 Patlak analysis를 각각의 군에 따라 분석하여 비교 분석하였다. 결 과: Dynamic $^{18}F-FDG$ PET을 통한 분석결과, TAC 형태는 초기 혈류상에서 폐의 염증성 질환과 폐암의 구분이 어려웠으나, 시간이 지날수록 폐암의 곡선이 염증성 질환의 경우보다 확연히 증가하였다. SUV-DC의 경우는 TAC 형태와 거의 유사한 형태를 가졌다. Patlak analysis 분석결과, 대동맥 영역에서는 폐의 염증성 질환이 폐암보다 높은 혈액 방사능을 보였으나 시간이 지남에 따라 염증성 질환의 혈액 방사능이 극히 낮아졌다. 반면, 병변 조직에서는 폐암이 가장 높은 섭취를 보였으며 폐의 염증성 질환은 중간 정도에 머물렀다. 결 론: TAC와 SUV-DC 분석에서 폐암과 폐의 염증성 질환은 각각 고유한 그래프 형태를 띠었으며 Patlak analysis에서 역시 주목할 만한 차이를 보였다. 따라서 이러한 분석법을 토대로 좀더 깊이 있는 연구가 진행된다면 비침습적으로 폐의 질환을 구별하는 데 보다 적절하고 유용한 진단적 정보를 얻을 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.223-232
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• 1993

Technetium labeled isonitrile analogues are widely used as myocardial perfusion imaging agents. We synthesized and characterized a new isonitrile compound, ethyl 3-isocyanobutyrate(EIB). Proton and $^{13}C$ NMR spectroscopy and thin layer chromatography with a $C_{18}$ coat was performed. EIB was easily labeled with $^{99m}TcO_4^-$- with sodium dithionite. The labeling efficiency measured by RP-HPLC was over 95%. The labeled product was stable with dilution in normal saline and with prolonged incubation at room temperature. There was no formation of secondary products or free $^{99m}TcO_4^-$. In vivo kinetics study of $^{99m}Tc$ (I) labeled EIB in rabbits showed adequate myocardial uptake, good contrast against lung background, and relatively rapid liver clearance. The heart to lung ratio was over 2.5 and the heart to liver ratio was approximately from 0.4 to 5 at 60 minutes post injection. Hepatic clearance of $^{99m}Tc-MIBI$ was faster ($t_{1/2}$=6 minutes) than that of $^{99m}Tc-MIBI$. In vivo kinetics observed in dog was similar to that in rabbit but there was faster gallbladder filling, and thus lower liver background. SPECT imaging of the canine myocardium showed favorable imaging characteristics. However, biodistribution in mice demonstrated a myocardial % injected dose/organ of less than 0.1%. This was thought to be due to interspecies difference in plasma esterase activity. In human plasma, $^{99m}Tc$ ( I ) labeled EIB was stable for at least 2 hours, without production of secondary products by HPLC. We conclude that ethyl 3-isocyanobutyrate may be a potential new myocardial perfusion imaging agent and deserves further investigation as to its usefulness for clinical use.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.504-509
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• 1989

Streptococcus lactis IFO 12007의 nisin 생산을 위한 발효조건을 검토하였다. Nisin 생성을 위한 포도당의 농도는 60g/ι이며 pH와 온도는 각각 6.5와 3$0^{\circ}C$이었다. 이 조건에서 최대 2,000IU/$m\ell$의 생산량을 보이며 이 때 specific glucose uptake rate: 0.59g/g/h, specific nisin productivity는 34924iu/g/h, growth yield는 0.24, 7시간 후 균체 생산량은 4.81g/ι이었다. 비성장속도는 온도와 pH에 의하여 영향을 많이 받으며 증식활성화 에너지는 1.35kca1/ mole이었다. 유가배양에 의하여 1420IU/$m\ell$의 nisin을 생산하며 연속배양은 0.38h$^{-1}$까지 가능하고 이때 nisin 농도는 740IU/m1, specific nisin productivity는 45000IU/g/h, true growth yield 는 0.144, maintenance energy는 207mg glucose/g-cell/h 이었다.