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Also Known As	enzyme inhibition

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antimetabolite competitive inhibition feedback inhibition cytarabine enzyme allosteric control induction Michaelis-Menten kinetics repression telomerase neuraminidase cofactor renin-angiotensin system cooperativity hydrolase