Wilfrid Laurier University Scholars Commons @ Laurier Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive) 2018 Evidence for extra-gastric expression of the proton pump H+/K+ -ATPase in the gills and kidney of the teleost Oreochromis niloticus Ebtesam Barnawi
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[email protected]. Evidence for extra-gastric expression of the proton pump H+/K+ -ATPase in the gills and kidney of the teleost Oreochromis niloticus Ebtesam Ali Barnawi Bachelor of Science, Zoology, King Abdul-Aziz University 2012 Thesis Submitted to the Department of Biology Faculty of Science In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Integrative Biology Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Canada 2017 Ebtesam Barnawi 2017 © i Abstract: It is well known that stomach acid secretion by oxynticopeptic cells of the gastric mucosa is accomplished by the H+/ K+-ATPase (HKA), which is comprised of the HKα1 (gene: atp4a) and HKβ (gene: atp4b) subunits. However, the role of the HKA in extra-gastric organs such as the gill and kidney is less clear especially in fishes.