transcriptase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of transcriptase
First recorded in 1963; transcript(ion) + -ase
Example Sentences
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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
The discovery of reverse transcriptase was greeted with overheated predictions that science had at last found a cure for cancer.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
The structural and biochemical analyses also indicated that the reverse transcriptase could lead to additional, undesired insertions.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
To convert RNA into DNA, retroviruses contain genes that encode the virus-specific enzyme reverse transcriptase that transcribes an RNA template to DNA.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
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