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inhibitor

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When inserted into introns, for instance, they can enhance a gene’s expression, or they can guide inhibitors to shut the gene down.

Before they reach this phase, a growth inhibitor called phytic acid keeps vitamins, fiber, and other crucial nutrients locked within their shells, preventing us from absorbing them.

Antidepressants, such as serotonin uptake inhibitors, address this problem by cutting off water flow.

In 2018, the company added corrosion inhibitors, making the primer-plus-paint also suitable for use on metals.

Endeavor’s new treatment candidate, called “taladegib,” is an inhibitor that addresses what’s known as the “hedgehog” pathway for IPF.

The character in this case is an inhibitor of tail development.

Such birds being heterozygous for the inhibitor factor, should be whites showing some coloured "ticks."

Probably we ought to regard the beardless as a bearded wheat in which there is an inhibitor that stops the beard from growing.

The Silky is pure for the pigmentation factor, but does not contain the inhibitor factor.

On account of this weakness of the inhibitor in the germ-plasm of No. 117 that inhibitor is rarely fully activated.

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On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inhibitor, such as: avoidance, blockage, determent, deterrence, forestalling, and halt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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