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CRABTREE EFFECT

Inhibition of cellular respiration of isolated systems by tall concentrations of glucose; a "reciprocal" of Pasteur's effect; due, in part, to the inhibition of hexokinase by elevated glucose-6-phosphate. Compare: Pasteur's effect.
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