Blood-Serum Proteins of Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey

Authors

NURİ YİĞİT
REYHAN ÇOLAK
ERCÜMENT ÇOLAK
MUSTAFA SÖZEN
ŞAKİR ÖZKURT

DOI

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Abstract

The blood serum proteins of 35 live specimens of Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus collected from ten localities in Turkey were examined by SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulphate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). Globulin, albumin, postalbumin, and prealbumin proteins in blood serum showed different electrophoretic patterns in populations of R. rattusand R. norvegicus.Because of the variations in electrophoretic patterns of both species, these patterns do not seem to be diagnostic characters in distinguishing R. rattus from R. norvegicus.

Keywords

Rattus rattus, Rattus norvegicus, Serum proteins, SDS-PAGE, Turkey.

First Page

83

Last Page

88

Recommended Citation

YİĞİT, NURİ; ÇOLAK, REYHAN; ÇOLAK, ERCÜMENT; SÖZEN, MUSTAFA; and ÖZKURT, ŞAKİR (2001) "Blood-Serum Proteins of Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 25: No. 1, Article 10. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol25/iss1/10