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, Naşit İĞCİ, Bahadır AKMAN
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, International, WoS, 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 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.