definitions

transcriptase

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

noun Biochemistry.

RNA polymerase.

Nearby words

transcortin, transcranial, transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, transcription, transcriptome, transcrystalline, transculturation, transcurrent

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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