title: Comparative electrophoretic investigation of Rana temporaria, R. graeca and R. dalmatina.
abstract: The results of comparative electrophoretic analysis on muscle esterases, superoxide dismutases, lactate dehydrogenases, malate dehydrogenases-NAD-dependent, phosphoglucomutases and myogens in the brown frogs Rana temporaria, R. graeca and R. dalmatina are described. The coefficient of similarity and indices of divergence among the species investigated were estimated. It was established that in relation to the protein systems analysed R. graeca differed more significantly from R. dalmatina than from R. temporaria. It is suggested that the higher electrophoretic similarity of R. temporaria and R. dalmatina is a result of a greater divergence of the latter in comparison with R. graeca.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D004950:Esterases / Q000032:analysis; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005260:Female; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011896:Rana temporaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D011898:Ranidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D004950:Esterases; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase