transcriptase
[ tran-skrip-teys, -teyz ]
/ trænˈskrɪp teɪs, -teɪz /
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noun Biochemistry.
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Origin of transcriptase
First recorded in 1963; transcript(ion) + -ase
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Medical 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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