The globulin, albumin, postalbumin, and prealbumin proteins of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus hermonensis were examined by SDS-PAGE. In A. flavicollis and A. hermonensis respectively, 6-9 and 7-9 electrophoretic bands were determined in the globulin region, respectively. | Turk J Biol 25 (2001) 89-92 © T†BÜTAK Blood Serum Proteins of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus hermonensis (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey Reyhan VERÜMLÜ, ErcŸment ‚OLAK, Nuri YÜÚÜT, Mustafa S ZEN Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, Ankara-TURKEY Þakir ZKURT Department of Biology, Education Faculty of KÝrßehir, Gazi University, KÝrßehir-TURKEY Received: Abstract: The globulin, albumin, postalbumin, and prealbumin proteins of Apodemus flavicollis and Apodemus hermonensis were examined by SDS-PAGE. In A. flavicollis and A. hermonensis respectively, 6-9 and 7-9 electrophoretic bands were determined in the globulin region, respectively. Both species have one band in the postalbumin zone, and two bands in the prealbumin zone. A. flavicollis differs from A. hermonensis in terms of postalbumin. Key Words: Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus hermonensis, serum proteins, SDS-PAGE. Introduction The genus Apodemus is found throughout the Palaearctic region (1). Four species of the genus Apodemus (Apodemus mystacinus, Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus flavicollis, and Apodemus agrarius) are distributed in Turkey (1). Apodemus hermonensis was described by Filippucci et al. (2) from Mount Hermon (Israel). Recently, on the basis of morphological, biometric and allozymic aspects, Apodemus hermonensis and Apodemus uralensis were recorded by Filippucci et al. (3) from western Anatolia. The aim of the present study is to examine blood serum proteins, help clarify the status of A. hermonensis, and to compare it with A. flavicollis. Material and Method Electrophoretic analysis was performed on 43 specimens of A. flavicollis and A. hermonensis collected from various localities in Turkey (Fig. 1). Globulin, postalbumin, albumin and prealbumin proteins of both species were evaluated. Blood was taken by cardiac puncture from the animals, which were anaesthetised with ether. SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) was performed
