Transcriptase


[tran-skrip-teys, -teyz] /trænˈskrɪp teɪs, -teɪz/
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
RNA polymerase.
transcriptase
/trænˈskrɪpteɪz/
noun
1.
See reverse transcriptase

transcriptase tran·scrip·tase (trān-skrĭp’tās, -tāz)
n.

A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of RNA from a DNA template in the process of transcription.

Reverse transcriptase.

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