Competitive_antagonist Competitive_antagonist

Competitive antagonist - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Alien, Anti, Competing, Con, Contradictory, Contrary, Counter, Cross, Cutthroat, Enemy, Negative

A competitive antagonist is a receptor antagonist which binds to a receptor but fails to activate it. If an agonist competes with a competitive antagonist for the same binding site on the same receptor, the agonist molecules can be displaced from the binding site, resulting in a lower frequency of receptor activation.

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