Age-dependent variations in the venom proteins of Vipera kaznakovi Nikolsky, 1909 and Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ophidia: Viperidae)

Authors

HÜSEYİN ARIKAN
BAYRAM GÖÇMEN
NAŞİT İĞCİ
BAHADIR AKMAN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1303-17

Abstract

Polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis and densitometry analysis were used to analyze venom extracts of Vipera kaznakovi (16.5, 30, and 55 cm) and Vipera ammodytes (28.5, 36.7, and 51.5 cm) specimens of 3 different lengths. V. kaznakovi specimens were collected from Hopa (Artvin Province); 2 V. ammodytes specimens were from Ağva (İstanbul Province) and the longest one was from Yuvacık (Kocaeli Province). The electropherograms of the venom protein samples showed age-dependent qualitative and quantitative variations.

Keywords

Vipera kaznakovi, Vipera ammodytes, polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis, densitometry

First Page

216

Last Page

221

Recommended Citation

ARIKAN, HÜSEYİN; GÖÇMEN, BAYRAM; İĞCİ, NAŞİT; and AKMAN, BAHADIR (2014) "Age-dependent variations in the venom proteins of Vipera kaznakovi Nikolsky, 1909 and Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ophidia: Viperidae)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1303-17
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol38/iss2/11