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efflux

[ef-luhks] / ˈɛf lʌks /
NOUN
outflow
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But it will also rise if the hole at the bottom shrinks—if efflux slows.

From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2024

To address this, the scientists designed new versions of the drug spectinomycin that overcome efflux, the main mechanism driving resistance.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2024

To infiltrate E. coli, the phage uses an efflux pump, a protein E. coli normally uses to pump antibiotics out of the cell.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2023

In addition, transport proteins called efflux pumps span this double membrane and actively eliminate chemicals such as antibiotics that pass through porins on the outer membrane.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

But this, by the supposition, instead of stopping the efflux of money, only makes it greater; because, the higher the price, the greater the money value of the iron consumed.

From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill


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