transcriptase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of transcriptase
First recorded in 1963; transcript(ion) + -ase
Example Sentences
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Islatravir, meanwhile, is what’s known as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, a novel drug that is significantly more potent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
While both drugs target the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzyme to prevent viral replication, they do so through entirely different biochemical pathways.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Finally, in 1975, with Howard Temin, a friend and colleague who had discovered reverse transcriptase around the same time, Baltimore was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
One component is the prime editor, which combines a SpCas9 protein, used in the first CRISPR-Cas gene editing technology, and a reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that transcribes RNA into DNA.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Reverse transcription never occurs in uninfected host cells—the needed enzyme reverse transcriptase is only derived from the expression of viral genes within the infected host cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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