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

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

This efflux will reach and fill your soul, in proportion as you are emptied of self.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte