- metabolic block
- the blockade of a biosynthetic pathway caused by a genetic enzyme deficiency or by inhibition of an enzyme by a drug or other substance.
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metabolic block — metabolic block. См. метаболический блок. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
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метаболический блок — metabolic block метаболический блок. Подавление образования метаболита <metabolite> в организме в результате мутационной инактивации фермента, участвующего в его биосинтезе. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов» … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
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galactosemia — galactosemic, adj. /geuh lak teuh see mee euh/, n. Pathol. an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver… … Universalium
phenylketonuria — phenylketonuric, adj. /fen l kee toh noor ee euh, nyoor , feen /, n. Pathol. an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in… … Universalium
