inhibitor
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In addition to acting as an ACC inhibitor, it activates PPARα and PPARδ, cellular receptors that switch on genes involved in taking up fat and burning it for energy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
People with HAE have a defect in the gene that controls a blood protein called C1 inhibitor.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
So does the glowing inhibitor on his spine, which seems to ask if we’re too quick to prescribe medication for our problems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mr. Westad adds that the threat of nuclear destruction, which helped keep the peace during the Cold War, is less of an inhibitor now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Owing to the repulsion between the factors for femaleness and for pigment inhibition, it is impossible by any form of mating to make a hen which is homozygous for the inhibitor factor.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
Vocabulary lists containing inhibitor
Chemical Reactions - Middle School
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Chemical Reactions - High School
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