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

Authors: NURİ YİĞİT, REYHAN ÇOLAK, ERCÜMENT ÇOLAK, MUSTAFA SÖZEN, ŞAKİR ÖZKURT

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.

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