Nonspecific Esterase Patterns of Rattus norvegicus(Berkenhout, 1769) in Western Turkey

Authors

REYHAN ÇOLAK
NURİ YİĞİT
ERCÜMENT ÇOLAK
MUSTAFA SÖZEN
ŞAKİR ÖZKURT

DOI

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Abstract

Nonspecific esterases in the muscle, heart, kidney and liver tissues of wild rats (Rattus norvegicus) were examined by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. Zymogram bands corresponding to Es-10 and Es-4 in the muscle, heart, kidney and liver homogenates, Es-3 and Es-17 in the kidney and liver, Es-18 in the liver tissue, Es-15 in kidney and liver, Es-2 in the muscle and heart, Es-16 in the heart tissue were detected. These findings showed that nonspecific esterases are very polymorphic and tissue-specific, and are not of taxonomic importance for the populations of Rattus norvegicus.

Keywords

Nonspecific esterase, horizontal starch gel electrophoresis, Rattus norvegicus, Turkey.

First Page

825

Last Page

832

Recommended Citation

ÇOLAK, REYHAN; YİĞİT, NURİ; ÇOLAK, ERCÜMENT; SÖZEN, MUSTAFA; and ÖZKURT, ŞAKİR (2000) "Nonspecific Esterase Patterns of Rattus norvegicus(Berkenhout, 1769) in Western Turkey," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 24: No. 4, Article 15. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol24/iss4/15