Age-dependent variations in the venom proteins of Vipera kaznakovi Nikolsky, 1909 and Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ophidia: Viperidae)
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: Hüseyin ARIKAN, BAYRAM GÖÇMEN, Nasit Igci, Bahadir AKMAN
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2014, vol 38, pp 216-221
DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1303-17
Summary
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 Agva (Istanbul Province) and the longest one was from Yuvacik (Kocaeli Province). The electropherograms of the venom protein samples showed age-dependent qualitative and quantitative variations.