The mechanism in which the end product of a metabolic pathway inhibits an earlier step in the pathway is most precisely described as _____

A) metabolic inhibition
B) feedback inhibition
C) allosteric inhibition
D) noncooperative inhibition
E) reversible inhibition


Answer: B

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