It has been shown that inhibition of anaerobic phosphate uptake by fatty acids and by 2,4- dinitrophenol is not immediate but that the inhibition develops gradually in time. This rules out the possibility that these compounds interact with phosphate uptake via carrier competition.

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S. Jager, & G.W.F.H. Borst-Pauwels. (1970). The kinetics of the inhibition of anaerobic phosphate uptake by yeast caused by the lower fatty acids and by 2,4-dinitrophenol. Acta botanica neerlandica, 19(2), 147–153.