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autoinhibit

autoinhibit verb: to regulate a protein function through autoinhibition.

Verb

autoinhibit (third-person singular simple present autoinhibits, present participle autoinhibiting, simple past and past participle autoinhibited)

  1. To regulate a protein function through autoinhibition.

Forms of autoinhibit

third-person singular presentautoinhibits
present participleautoinhibiting
past participleautoinhibited
pastautoinhibited

Origin of autoinhibit

From auto- + inhibit.

Questions about autoinhibit

What does autoinhibit mean?
Autoinhibit means to regulate a protein function through autoinhibition.
What part of speech is autoinhibit?
Autoinhibit is a verb.
What is the past tense of autoinhibit?
The past tense of autoinhibit is autoinhibited.

Words near autoinhibit in the dictionary

  1. autoinflammations
  2. autoinflammatory
  3. autoinfusion
  4. autoinfusions
  5. autoing
  6. autoinhibit
  7. autoinhibited
  8. autoinhibiting
  9. autoinhibition
  10. autoinhibitions
  11. autoinhibitory

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