Abstract:
The present invention relates to a kit for cancer diagnosis or prognosis analysis. An MEST according to the present invention is a marker for cancer having significantly improved accuracy and reliability. Particularly, the marker of the present invention has superior accuracy and reliability as a marker for breast cancer and liver cancer. The MEST of the present invention exhibits extremely superior accuracy and reliability as a marker for metastatic cancer. Moreover, according to the present invention, early cancer diagnosis and prognostic determination may be enabled in a very specific manner from a biological sample (for example, blood or serum) using the MEST, the expression of which specifically increases only in the cells and tissue of a cancer patient.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel dITPase, protein for enhancing DNA polymerase activity, and genes encoding it. More specifically, the present invention relates to a dITPase isolated from Thermococcus sp NAl. strain. Also, the present invention provides gene fragments encoding said protein, recombinant vectors containing thereof, host cells transformed with thereof and methods for producing dITPase using said host cells.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a kit for cancer diagnosis or prognosis analysis. An MEST according to the present invention is a marker for cancer having significantly improved accuracy and reliability. Particularly, the marker of the present invention has superior accuracy and reliability as a marker for breast cancer and liver cancer. The MEST of the present invention exhibits extremely superior accuracy and reliability as a marker for metastatic cancer. Moreover, according to the present invention, early cancer diagnosis and prognostic determination may be enabled in a very specific manner from a biological sample (for example, blood or serum) using the MEST, the expression of which specifically increases only in the cells and tissue of a cancer patient.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to mutant DNA polymerases and their genes isolated from Thermococcus sp. More specifically, the present invention relates to mutant DNA polymerases which are originally isolated from Thermococcus sp NAl. strain and produced by site-specific mutagenesis, their amino acid sequences, genes encoding said mutant DNA polymerases, their nucleic acids sequences, recombinant vectors containing said nucleic acids sequences, host cells transformed with thereof and methods for producing mutant DNA polymerase protein by using thereof. As mutant DNA polymerases according to the present invention have increased processivity by site-specific mutagenesis on exonuclease active site compared to wild type DNA polymerase, the present invention is broadly applicable for PCR in various molecular genetic technologies.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to mutant DNA polymerases, their genes and their uses. More specifically, the present invention relates to mutant DNA polymerases which are originally isolated from Thermococcus sp NA1. strain and produced by site-specific mutagenesis, their ammo acid sequences, genes encoding said mutant DNA polymerases, their nucleic acids and PCR methods by using thereof. As mutant DNA polymerases according to the present invention have decreased proofreading activity and changed function of inosine sensing effectively compared to wild type DNA polymerase, PCR using primers with specific nucleic acids has made rapid progress. Therefore, the present invention is broadly applicable for PCR in various molecular genetic technologies.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a hyperthermophilic DNA polymerase and a preparation method thereof. The invention provides a novel hyperthermophilic DNA polymerase isolated from a Thermococcus sp. strain, a functional equivalent thereof, a protein having the amino acid sequence thereof, and a preparation method thereof. The DNA polymerase according to the invention is a DNA polymerase, which is hyperthermophilic and has an elongation ability and fidelity higher than those of prior commercial DNA polymerases. Thus, the DNA polymerase according to the invention will be useful in precision analysis, precision diagnosis, identification and the like, which require accurate PCR.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel hydrogenase isolated from a novel hyperthermophilic strain which belongs to Thermococcus sp., a gene encoding the same, and a method for producing hydrogen using the hydrogenase and gene. According to the hydrogen production method of the present invention, a large amount of hydrogen can be generated by only culturing the strain under specific culture conditions. Therefore, the method is economical and efficient compared to a conventional hydrogen production method and is able to produce hydrogen at a high temperature.