English Explanatory Dictionary

transcriptase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

transcriptase transcriptases

Etymology

From transcript + -ase.

Derived words

reverse transcriptase retrotranscriptase
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