efflux

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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

Cells maintain the influx and efflux of organic substances using energy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Believe me, dear sir, you will grow in grace, not by knowledge acquired from books; not from reasonings upon divine truths, but by an efflux from God.

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