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Inhibitor

Inhibitor

(Science: chemistry, pharmacology) a molecule which represses or prevents another molecule from engaging in a reaction.

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Competitive/Non competitive inhibitors

acarviosine–glucose may prove to be the inhibitor of amylase

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by ankitakhemka
Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:16 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Competitive/Non competitive inhibitors
Replies: 3
Views: 876

What does peroxynitrite do in cytotoxicity of cells?

... cellular respiration in the cell, DNA strand breakage, and poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase or PARS activation and that 3-aminobenzamide (which is an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase) helps in protecting the cell against the decrease in cellular viability in cells exposed to peroxynitrite. ...

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by azureblue15
Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:57 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: What does peroxynitrite do in cytotoxicity of cells?
Replies: 0
Views: 135

Re: Vagus Nerve

... is maintained by the parasympathetic fibres in the vagus nerve (parasympathetic) and by the sympathetic nerves. The vagus nerve is the cardiac inhibitor, and the sympathetic nerves are the cardiac excitors. Stimulation of the vagus nerve depresses the rate of impulse formation and atrial contractility ...

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by sanjidcapa
Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Vagus Nerve
Replies: 16
Views: 39274

Inhibition of enzyme - will it result in upregulation?

Hey all, I am trying to figure out a mystery here. In an experiment that I've done a few weeks ago, ketoconazole (CYP inhibitor) seems to result in an overall increase in the quantity of the CYP 450 proteins in the liver. I can understand how this works if it is a CYP inducer, but... ...

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by Jamus
Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:49 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Inhibition of enzyme - will it result in upregulation?
Replies: 0
Views: 229

SDS-PAGE

... a picture of a ladder starting from 10kD up till 250kD and next to it it has a bunch of proteins such as albumin from bovie 66000Da and Trypsin Inhibitor from soybean 20100Da. It then goes on to say make a plot of log (molecular weight) against relative mobility for each standard protein. use ...

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by biology_06er
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:58 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: SDS-PAGE
Replies: 1
Views: 750
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