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Hawke

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on: Jun 10, 2013
The mechanism in which the end product of a metabolic pathway inhibits an earlier step in the pathway is most precisely described as
A) metabolic inhibition.
B) feedback inhibition.
C) allosteric inhibition.
D) noncooperative inhibition.
E) reversible inhibition.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 10, 2013
Pick B. 100% sure!


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Reply #2 on: Jul 10, 2013
Thanks, it was correct.


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