efflux
Example Sentences
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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
Most prominently, this activated the bacteria’s efflux pump systems, a general expulsion system that many bacteria use to eliminate various molecules, including antibiotics.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 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
It extends from the north side of the Methy carrying-place down the Clearwater, Elk, and Slave Rivers, and along the south shore of Great Slave Lake to the efflux of the Mackenzie.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
