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

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

Water, or any other fluid thrown into this organ, has a tendency to disorder the mucous follicles, to dry up their secretions and thus prevent the efflux of some of Nature's necessities.

From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell