RNA polymerase

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noun Biochemistry.

an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.

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Also called transcriptase.

Origin of RNA polymerase

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby RNA polymerase

RMSF, RMT, Rn, RNA, RNA interference, RNA polymerase, R.N.A.S., RNase, RNA splicing, RNA synthetase, RNA tumor virus

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How to use RNA polymerase in a sentence

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So too with a vaccine that provokes a specific immune response aimed at a specific RNA sequence.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers|Kent Sepkowitz|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
These drugs interfere with the double helix zip-unzip-zip-again process of RNA and DNA replication.
Emory Will Wage High-Tech War on Ebola|Kent Sepkowitz|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here, the blockage of RNA prevents extra amyloid from being produced by targeting its precursor protein and making less of it.
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice|Elizabeth Lopatto|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Its molecules bind to messenger RNA, allowing certain genes to be “turned off.”
Trial Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice|Elizabeth Lopatto|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where protein synthesis is intense, the content in RNA is high.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
Thus, the spinning glands of silkworms are extraordinarily rich in RNA.
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous

Medical definitions for RNA polymerase

RNA polymerase

A polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of RNA from a DNA or RNA template.

Scientific definitions for RNA polymerase

RNA polymerase

A polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of a complementary strand of RNA from a DNA template, or, in some viruses, from an RNA template.