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efflux

[ef-luhks] / ˈɛf lʌks /
NOUN
outflow
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Nedergaard proposed that this efflux relied on the pumping of fluid through tiny glymphatic vessels between neurons, which her team had identified in an earlier study.

From Science Magazine May 24, 2024

Through their work, the scientists unraveled the mechanism of action by which eAmSPCs are more effective: they circumvent efflux.

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

These efflux pumps can confer multi-drug resistance, a situation that is threatening human health.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

He regards all that he witnesses in the present as the efflux and sequence of something that has gone before, and as the source of a system of events which is to follow.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall




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