Jeanjean R, Hourmant A
C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D. 1975 Apr 28;280(16):1857-60.
N-ethylmaleimide was found to inhibit phosphate uptake in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. For very short incubation times, this inhibitor seems to react only with the surface of cells. In this case, inorganic phosphate provides protection against the effect of NEM.