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transcriptase

[ tran-skrip-teys, -teyz ]
/ trænˈskrɪp teɪs, -teɪz /

noun Biochemistry.

RNA polymerase.

Nearby words

  1. transcortin,
  2. transcranial,
  3. transcranial magnetic stimulation,
  4. transcribe,
  5. transcript,
  6. transcription,
  7. transcriptive,
  8. transcriptome,
  9. transcrystalline,
  10. transculturation

Origin of transcriptase

First recorded in 1963; transcript(ion) + -ase
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British Dictionary definitions for transcriptase

transcriptase

/ (trænˈskrɪpteɪz) /

noun

See reverse transcriptase
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Medicine definitions for transcriptase

transcriptase

[ trăn-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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