efflux

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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

A mere efflux of numbers could not hold against the trained and increasing resistance of the Imperial soldiers.

From Tourcoing by Belloc, Hilaire