Receptor Antagonists Are Often Used as Drugs to Block the Response

question 59

Multiple Choice

Receptor antagonists are often used as drugs to block the response caused by an internal natural ligand. What property of receptors could these drugs rely on?

• A) saturation
• B) competitive binding
• C) receptor location
• D) up-regulation

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Combinations

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Binomial Experiment

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Continuous Random Variables

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Binomial Distribution

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