ESTERASE VARIATION IN TURKISH WHITE-TOOTHED SHREWS (CROCIDURA): RECORD OF A TRIMERIC ESTERASE

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TEZ C., ÖZCAN S., Gunduz I., HASKILIÇ Ş., İBİŞ O., TOPRAK G.

ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, cilt.61, sa.4, ss.719-722, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2298/abs0904719t
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.719-722
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study focuses on esterase variation of the genus Crocidura in Turkey. A total of 248 white-toothed shrews were analyzed by means of cellulose acetate gel electrophoresis. Liver tissue and alfa naphthyl acetate were used to investigate esterase variation in Turkish white-toothed shrews. A different esterase banding pattern was found in one Crocidura individual. This phenotype had four anodally migrated bands on cellulose acetate gel. The Crocidura individual displaying the given phenotype was identified as Crocidura suaveolens. The different esterase banding pattern observed in this study is considered to be a result of the trimeric structure of esterase in the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens).