noncompetitive antagonism
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noncompetitive antagonism
(in pharmacology) the phenomenon occurring when agonist and antagonist can be bound simultaneously, in which antagonist binding reduces or prevents the action of the agonist; e.g. channel block of the nicotinic receptor, or inhibition by adrenoceptor antagonists of the response to tyramine.
| noncoding strand, noncoding region, noncoded amino acid | |
| noncompetitive inhibition, nonconjugative plasmid, noncoupled solute translocation |
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