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. 2017 Jan 10;7:535. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00535

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Proposed mechanism of efflux by ABCB1 (P-gp/MDR1). (A) Pre-emptive pumping hypothesis: P-gp identifies substrates in the cell membrane and before they reach the cytoplasm. (B) Vacuum cleaner hypothesis: P–gp effluxes molecules from within the cytoplasm.