The word "efflux" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that means the act of flowing out or the amount that flows out. You can use the word "efflux" when describing the movement or release of a substance or flow of liquid. For example, "The efflux of water from the dam can be controlled with the opening and closing of the floodgates." or "The efflux of lava from the volcano was a spectacular sight."
Dr Wright is now trying to find a way to reverse bacterial resistance by modifying one of these protein-kinase inhibitors.Bacteria also safeguard themselves from toxins by turning on an "efflux" system, a form of cellular garbage-disposal that ejects any offending substance without further ado.
Some species of bacteria have several types of efflux system.
The efflux mechanism is a molecule bound to a bacterium's outer membrane.
Mar starts up the cell's efflux system, and also stops the cell from allowing any more threatening molecules in by halting the production of porin, a membrane protein that acts as a channel into the cell.
The steady-state concept permits influx to vary with time, but it would be matched by nearly simultaneous and equal variation of efflux.
Examples of biochemical modifications that lead to resistance include the production of enzymes that inactivate the drug; the alteration of the protein, enzyme, or receptor targeted by the drug; the activation of drug efflux pumps that deliberately remove the drug from the cell; and the alteration of cell-wall proteins that inhibit drug uptake.
The steady-state concept permits influx to vary with time, but the inflow would be matched by nearly simultaneous and equal variation of efflux.
The combined effect of sodium inactivation, which blocks the influx of cations, and potassium activation, which causes the efflux of other cations, is the immediate return of the cell membrane to a polarized state, with the inside negative in relation to the outside.
This inequality of ionic transfer produces a net efflux of positive charge, maintaining a polarized membrane with the inner surface slightly negative in relation to the outer surface.
