| 释义 |
replicase Biochem.|ˈrɛplɪkeɪz, -s|
[f. replicate v. + -ase.]
An enzyme which synthesizes a complementary RNA molecule on an RNA template.
1963Spiegelman & Hayashi in Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quantitative Biol. XXVIII. 162/1 The RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase which replicates RNA will be called a replicase. 1971New Scientist 20 May 436/3 In making the complementary RNA the replicase observes a strict one-way system; it moves from the so-called 3′ end of the RNA to the 5′ end. 1973C. Weissmann et al. in F. T. Kenney et al. Gene Expression & its Regulation ii. 20 Viral replicases show a very high template specificity for the homologous, intact viral RNA.., as well as for the complementary minus strand.., to the exclusion of all other, unrelated viral RNAs and most other RNAs examined. |