Chapter 1, The Reptilian Spectacle - UWSpace - University of ...
Chapter 1, The Reptilian Spectacle - UWSpace - University of ...
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24 kDa ><br />
17 kDa ><br />
12 kDa ><br />
S1 P1 V1 S2 P2 V2<br />
S1 P1 V1 S2 P2 V2<br />
Figure 4-5. SDS-PAGE <strong>of</strong> spectacle (S),<br />
parietal (P) and ventral (V) scale proteins<br />
<strong>of</strong> corn snakes. <strong>The</strong> numbers in the lane<br />
labels refer to two different snakes.<br />
Figure 4-6. ß keratin immunoblot <strong>of</strong> spectacle (S),<br />
parietal (P) and ventral (V) scale proteins <strong>of</strong> corn<br />
snakes. <strong>The</strong> numbers in the lane labels refer to two<br />
different snakes. <strong>The</strong> low affinity <strong>of</strong> the univ-ß antibody<br />
for corn snake spectacle ß keratins is evident.<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> the low reactivity <strong>of</strong> the univ-ß antibody for spectacle keratins, it was further<br />
evaluated with spectacle scales from several more species <strong>of</strong> different families, including the<br />
xenodontine hognose snake (Figure 4-7, next page)). This ensured that spectacle scales do indeed<br />
contain significant ß keratin as expected, but that spectacle keratins vary significantly in their reactivity<br />
with the antibody, and that colubrine (but not xenodontid) colubrid spectacle scales generally seem to<br />
lack the epitope to which the antibody is most specific.<br />
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