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feedback inhibition


feedback inhibition

noun

Definition of FEEDBACK INHIBITION

: inhibition of an enzyme controlling an early stage of a series of biochemical reactions by the end product when it reaches a critical concentration

First Known Use of FEEDBACK INHIBITION

1960

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