Date of Award
Summer 1969
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Biology
Abstract
The effects of estradiol on RNA, DNA, and protein concentrations in the liver of Natrix fasciata (southern banded water snake) were investigated. Nucleic acid and protein concentrations were determined spectrophotometrically and expressed as mg/gm wet weight tissue.
Significant increases in both RNA and protein occured 48 hours after a single injection of estradiol. After 72 hours the mean RNA level in estradiol treated snakes had decreased significantly from the 48 hour level. The mean protein level at 72 hours, although lower than the 48 hour level, did not decrease significantly.
Liver DNA concentrations in experimental and control snakes were the same through 48 hours. At 72 hours DNA levels in estradiol treated snakes were significantly higher than untreated snakes.
Recommended Citation
Jordan, Alex, "The effect of estradiol on protein and nucleic acids of the liver of Natrix fasciata" (1969). Master's Theses. 291.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/291