competitive inhibition

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Blockage of the action of an enzyme on its substrate by replacement of the substrate with a similar but inactive compound that can combine with the active site of the enzyme but that is not acted upon or split by the enzyme.selective inhibition

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Words nearby competitive inhibition

competition, competitive, competitive binding assay, competitive exclusion, competitive exclusion principle, competitive inhibition, competitor, competitory, Comp. Gen., Compiègne, compilation

How to use competitive inhibition in a sentence

In the process, we get straightjacketed into emotionally distant, competitive lives.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Boys are taught early in life to devalue care, to be hyper-competitive, super-achieving men.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“These towns that are doing it just continue to make New Jersey less and less competitive,” Christie said.
Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Yazbek says the demand for safe crossing has made the smugglers very competitive.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is simpler than having to cram and then stand the racket of a competitive examination.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Those were the days when competitive traffic, gained almost at any cost, was sweet as stolen kisses are said to be.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The design for the cathedral was a competitive one selected from many submitted by the greatest architects in the world.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Few find anything promising or attractive in the competitive examination.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No plays should be given during the time of sickness, or during any inhibition ordered at any time by the city authorities.
Shakespearean Playhouses|Joseph Quincy Adams