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Fig. 5

From: The digestive tract as an essential organ for water acquisition in marine teleosts: lessons from euryhaline eels

Fig. 5

Transporters involved in transcellular Cl− secretion (blue rectangles) into the lumen by intestinal epithelial cells in mammals (A) and seawater (SW)-acclimated eels (B). Because of the low expression of NKCC1 and CFTR in the intestines of SW eels, alternative molecular mechanisms are suggested. For details, see 4.3.1. For abbreviation definitions, see the list

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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